Christopher Cardone
Christopher Michael Cardone, OP (December 20, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2016, Cardone has been serving as archbishop and metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Biography. Early life and education. Christopher Cardone was born on December 20, 1957, in Long Island, New York. 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 to the Diocese of Gizo on March 27, 2001, by Pope John Paul II. 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 Pope Benedict XVI in Rome as a member of the delegation from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on June 26, 2005.Cardone was appointed as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Honiara by Pope Francis on June 22, 2016. He was installed on September 10, 2016.