Office of the Chancellor

Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii

The chancellor of the diocesan curia has as his chief function taking care that the acts of the curia are gathered, arranged, and safeguarded in the curial archives (canon 482, §1).  He also serves as a chief notary of the diocese (canon 482, §3).  In the Diocese of Honolulu, the chancellor also has the following responsibilities:

                     • administrator of St. Stephen's Diocesan Center
                     • coordinator of prison ministry
                     • director of respect life activities

For other services relating to central services, (e.g. purchasing certain items, being a liason for diocesan personnel, temporal needs of the diocese, and handling complaints and unusual requests) please contact Paulette Vernay.

For services relating to organizing the archives, the October Mass count, the Official Catholic Directory, annual reports, second collections, and sacramental records, please contact Nettie Peiler.

For the Sacramental Register Instruction for parishes, click here.

For the RCIA Pre-Initiation Inventory, click here.

For the Affidavit in Lieu of Baptismal Certificate, for use when it is impossible to provide a baptismal certificate, click here.

MASS COUNTS (2009)

Please select EXCEL or PDF (fillable) format.  Please save a copy of the PDF file to your computer, then send as an attachment to Nettie Peiler.