Christopher Cardone

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| type = Archbishop

| honorific-prefix= His Excellency, The Most Reverend

| name = Christopher Michael Cardone

| honorific-suffix = OP

| title = Metropolitan Archbishop of Honiara, The Solomon Islands

| image = Archbishop Christopher Cardone of Honiara.jpg

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| caption = Cardone in 2022

| church = Catholic Church

| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Honiara

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| see =

| appointed = June 22, 2016

| enthroned = September 10, 2016{{cite web |title=Archbishop Christopher Michael Cardone, O.P.: Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands |website=Catholic Hierarchy |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcardone.html |access-date=26 October 2019}}

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| successor =

| previous_post = Bishop of Auki (2014–2016){{cite web |title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Honiara Solomon Islands |website=GCatholic |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/honi0.htm |access-date=26 October 2019}}

| ordination = May 30, 1986

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| consecration = June 9, 2001

| consecrated_by = Bernard O'Grady, OP, Brian James Barnes, OFM, and Eusebius John Crawford, OP

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1957|12|20}}

| birth_place = Long Island, New York

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| motto = Serving the Lord with gladness

}}

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Christopher Michael Cardone, OP (born December 20, 1957) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Honiara in the Solomon Islands since 2016.{{cite web |title=Oceania/Solomon Islands - Resignation of the Archbishop of Honiara, appointment of successor |url=http://www.fides.org/en/news/60295-OCEANIA_SOLOMON_ISLANDS_Resignation_of_the_Archbishop_of_Honiara_appointment_of_successor |website=Agencia Fides |publisher=Pontifical Mission Society |access-date=27 October 2019|date=June 22, 2016}} He is a member of the Dominican Order.

Biography

=Early life and education=

Christopher Cardone was born on December 20, 1957, in Long Island, New York and graduated from Chaminade High School in 1976. He attended Providence College and made his religious profession to the Dominican Order on August 15, 1981. He completed his studies at the Dominican House of Studies 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 Madeira, Ohio. In 1988, Cardone moved to the Dominican vicariate 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 for the Diocese of Gizo on March 27, 2001, by Pope John Paul II. Bishop Bernard C. O'Grady consecrated Cardone on June 9, 2001. Cardone was appointed Bishop of Auki on Oct 19, 2004, by Pope John Paul II.

Cardone made an ad limina visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome as a member of the delegation from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on June 26, 2005.{{cite web |title=Audiences |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/06/25/0343/00807.html |website=Vatican City Press |access-date=29 October 2019}} Cardone was appointed Archbishop of Honiara by Pope Francis on June 22, 2016. He was installed on September 10, 2016.{{cite web |title=Archbishop Cardone Installed as Third Archbishop of Honiara |url=https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/09/13/archbishop-cardone-installed-3rd-bishop-of-honiara/ |website=Catholic News New Zealand |access-date=27 October 2019 |date=September 13, 2016}}