Christopher Michael Cardone, OP (December 20, 1957) is an American prelate of the

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. Since 2016, Cardone has been serving as archbishop and metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Honiara in the

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Biography

Early life and education

Christopher Cardone was born on December 20, 1957, in

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. He attended

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and made his religious profession to the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

on August 15, 1981. He completed his studies at the

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in Washington, D.C.

Priestly ministry

Cardone was ordained as a Dominican priest on May 30, 1986. After his ordination, Cardone served for two years as a parish priest at St. Gertrude Parish in

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. In 1988, Cardone moved to the Dominican

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in the Solomon Islands. He held positions on the island of Gizo as a parish priest in Nila and Nora; pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Gizo, and as director of vocations for the Diocese of Gizo.

Episcopal ministry

Cardone was appointed titular bishop of Thuburnica and as an auxiliary bishop to the Diocese of Gizo on March 27, 2001, by

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. Bishop Bernard O'Grady consecrated Cardone on June 9, 2001. Cardone was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Auki on Oct 19, 2004, by Pope John Paul II. Cardone made an Ad Lumina visit to

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in Rome as a member of the delegation from

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and the Solomon Islands on June 26, 2005. Cardone was appointed as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Honiara by

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on June 22, 2016. He was installed on September 10, 2016.

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