Meet Bishop Silva’s newest advisors

Deacon LeRoy Andrews, deacons

Hawaii-born Deacon Andrews, 63, was ordained a permanent deacon in 1984. He serves St. Joseph Junior/Senior High School in Hilo as its campus minister and as a theology and social studies teacher. Andrews serves his diaconate ministry at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Papaikou.

Linda Cacpal, Leeward Oahu

Cacpal, a parishioner of St. Elizabeth Church in Aiea, is a licensing supervisor for the State of Hawaii’s Department of Taxation. The 54-year-old is a lifelong Hawaii resident who has been her parish’s RCIA director since 1981. She has also been an active participant in many other parish activities from song leader to worship committee chair.

Nathaniel Chang, East Big Island

Chang, 45, is a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa. He is education coordinator for the Osher Life Long Learning Institute program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He is also a retired first sergeant in the U.S. Army where he was a career counselor. A member of the previous Diocesan Pastoral Council and its chair in 2003, Chang has been active in many community and church activities and organizations. He and his wife Annette have a grown son, Michael.

Walter Clur, Maui

The 67-year-old parishioner of St. Theresa Church in Kihei, Maui, is a property manager, real estate broker and accountant. Clur is a Maui County Subdivision of Engineering Standards Committee board member. Originally from South Africa, he is also a former resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, and has lived in Hawaii for 17 years. He and his wife Shirley have three children.

Douglas Dick, West Big Island

The construction management and planning consultant is a member of Annunciation Parish in Waimea, Hawaii. A Hawaii resident for 46 years, he and his wife Ruth have three kids. He chaired the parish planning and building committee for the new Annunciation church building completed in 2003 and participates in many other parish activities. Dick, 70, was also appointed to the Diocesan Planning and Building Commission this month.

Father Alapaki Kim, Presbyteral Council

Father Kim is the pastor of St. Rita Church in Nanakuli. Though born in Battle Creek, Mich., he was raised in Kailua, Oahu. Ordained a Paulist Father in New York City in 1982, Father Kim, 53, has served in parishes in San Francisco, Chicago, and Morgantown, W. Va. Father Kim was incardinated in the Diocese of Honolulu in 2001. He is a member of a previous Diocesan Pastoral Council.

Sister Eva Mesina, religious women

Sister Eva, 64, was born and raised in Hawaii. She has been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 45 years. Sister Eva is the director of religious education and RCIA at St. Anthony of Padua in Wailuku, Maui. She is also a past Diocesan Pastoral Council member.

Diane Murayama, West Honolulu

Murayama retired as executive director of Catholic Charities Hawaii Elderly Services in 1996. She became a Catholic in 1997 and is an energetic member of St. Philomena Church in Salt Lake where she serves as a eucharistic minister and food pantry coordinator. She has also served on St. Philomena’s pastoral council and as Hawaii Meals on Wheels volunteer. Murayama, 68, is a widow and has two grown sons.

Father Santiago Ner, religious men

Father Ner, known to many as Father Sunny, came to Hawaii two years ago from the Philippines. He has been a La Salette Father for 36 years and has a medical degree. Father Ner, 69, is the pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Makawao, Maui.

Thomas Pangilinan, East Honolulu

Pangilinan, 65, is a parishioner at St. Patrick Parish in Kaimuki, where he works in prison and hospital ministry. He is also a knight in Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. He retired in 2003 after working 40 years in Hawaii public schools including as the Windward Oahu District Deputy superintendent. He and his wife Mary have two children.

Maria Sullivan, Molokai and Lanai

This Molokai lawyer has her own general civil law practice and is a court advocate for foster care children. The 50-year-old moved to Molokai from Seattle two and a half years ago. As a member of the Molokai Catholic Community she devotes much of her time to the Blessed Damien Church Building campaign, and has been a member of the Hawaii State Ethics Commission since July 2005.

Pauline Ventura, Kauai

A member of the previous Diocesan Pastoral Council and St. Catherine Parish Council, Ventura has lived in Hawaii for 28 years. An active St. Catherine’s parishioner, she is the retired vice president of Ventura Development Corporation, a real estate business started by her husband Mel, with whom she has eight children. Ventura, a trained pianist, was the president of the Kauai Concert Association for almost 18 years.

Father Edgar Villanueva, priests

A priest of the Diocese of Butuan in the Philippines, Father Villanueva came to Hawaii in 2003. He is one of three priests serving in the Diocese of Honolulu through an agreement with the Butuan diocese. The 39-year-old pastor of St. Catherine Parish in Kapaa, Kauai, has been a priest for 13 years.

Michael Weaver, Windward Oahu

The 54-year-old principal of Damien Memorial School was born and raised in Kailua, Oahu, and is a parishioner of St. Anthony Church in Kailua. He and his wife Cecelia have three children. He is a member of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission and a member of the Board of Principals for the Interscholastic League of Honolulu.