Bishop Clarence Richard Silva

Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Aug 1949		Born
17 May 1974	24.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Oakland, California, USA
2 May 1975	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oakland, California, USA
17 May 2005	55.7	Appointed	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
21 Jul 2005	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
6 May 2026	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

MicroData Summary
Clarence Richard Silva
Bishop Clarence Richard Silva
(born 6 Aug 1949)
Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu

Ad Limina - April 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Honolulu, Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii
Ordained Deacon Saint Pius X, Church, Redwood City, CA, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest Saint Francis de Sales, Cathedral, Oakland, CA, Diocese of Oakland, California
Ordained Bishop Neil Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Honolulu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Floyd Lawrence Begin †
Bishop of Oakland, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Joseph Levada †
Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Allen Henry Vigneron
Bishop of Oakland, California
Bishop John Stephen Cummins †
Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Joseph Levada † (1983)
Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California
Timothy Finbar Cardinal Manning † (1946)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Titular Bishop of Sanavus
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Honolulu, Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii
Ordained Deacon	Saint Pius X, Church, Redwood City, CA, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest	Saint Francis de Sales, Cathedral, Oakland, CA, Diocese of Oakland, California
Ordained Bishop	Neil Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1095501

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 181, Number 14,947
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Deceased Cardinals (back)
od/c0/loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022
r: Bollettino, 6 May 2026

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