Clarence Richard Silva

Clarence Richard Silva, popularly known as Larry Silva (born August 6, 1949 in Honolulu, Hawaii), is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current and fifth Bishop of Honolulu, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on May 17, 2005 to oversee the Diocese of Honolulu. Previous to his appointment to the epicopacy, he served as a diocesan priest and later vicar general of the Diocese of Oakland in California. He is the first person born in Hawaii to lead the Roman Catholic community of the Hawaiian Islands. He is also the second person of Portuguese ancestry to serve the community as its ordinary.

Education

Silva was born on the island of Oahu to electrician and refrigeration mechanic Richard Silva and homemaker Catherine Alves at Saint Francis Hospital in Liliha. The great grandson of immigrants from the Azores, Silva was baptized at Saint Anthony Church in Kailua but moved to California during his first year of life. He attended Saint John the Baptist School in San Lorenzo and Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland. Convinced of a calling to Holy Orders, Silva spent his undergraduate years at Saint Joseph College Seminary in Mountain View where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park where he later obtained a Master of Divinity degree. Silva went on to study the Spanish language in Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1975 and 1978. During his first sabbatical leave, he studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy in 1991.

Related Topics:
Island of Oahu - Immigrant - Azores - Saint Anthony Church - Kailua - San Lorenzo - Bishop O'Dowd High School - Oakland - Holy Orders - Mountain View - Bachelor of Arts - Degree - Saint Patrick Seminary - Menlo Park - Master of Divinity - Spanish language - Cuernavaca - Mexico - 1975 - 1978 - Pontifical North American College - Rome - Italy - 1991

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