Apostolic Vicariate Of Hawaiian Islands
The Catholic Diocese of Honolulu ( la, Diœcesis Honoluluensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that comprises the entire U.S. state, state of Hawaii, Hawaii and the unincorporated Hawaiian Islands. The Diocese of Honolulu is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, which also includes the suffragan dioceses of Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, Oakland, Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno, Reno, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, Sacramento, Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California, San Jose, Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California, Santa Rosa and Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton, Stockton. The patron saint, patrons of the Diocese of Honolulu is the Blessed Virgin Mary, und ...
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Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state geographically located within the tropics. Hawaii comprises nearly the entire Hawaiian archipelago, 137 volcanic islands spanning that are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. The state's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lānai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii—the last of these, after which the state is named, is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaii Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the United States' largest protected area a ...
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