The ''Hawaii Catholic Herald'' is the present-day version of a series of official
newspaper
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s of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
The Diocese of Honolulu () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese for the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisc ...
and its predecessor
vicariate apostolic
An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often ...
. Established in January 1947 to replace the publication called the ''Catholic Herald Newspaper'' (established in November 1936), it is published by the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu with a readership of approximately 15,400 people across the state.
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''Hawaii Catholic Herald''
Newspapers published in Hawaii
Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
Catholic newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers established in 1947
1947 establishments in Hawaii
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