Roman Catholic Diocese of Masbate
Diocese of Masbate
Dioecesis Masbatensis
Diyosesis san Masbate
|
|
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Territory | Masbate |
Ecclesiastical province | Caceres |
Metropolitan | Caceres |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 835,800 approx. 710,430 |
Parishes | 28 regular parishes, 1 chaplaincy |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 23, 1968 (created), September 25, 1968 (canonically erected) |
Cathedral | St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral |
Patron saint | St Anthony of Padua |
Secular priests | 77 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José S. Bantolo |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Rolando Joven Tria Tirona |
Vicar General | Very Rev. Fr. Eusebio Llonoso |
Website | |
Official Website of Masbate Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Masbate (Lat: Dioecesis Masbatensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
With the other provinces of Bicol, Masbate belongs to the Archdiocese of Caceres. When Caceres was elevated to the status of an archdiocese on June 29, 1951, Masbate became part of the newly erected Diocese of Sorsogon. Pope Paul VI created the Diocese of Masbate on March 23, 1968. It was formally inaugurated on September 25, 1968, with Msgr. Porfirio Rivera Iligan, a priest from the Archdiocese of Caceres, as its first bishop.
The diocese has experienced no jurisdictional changes and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Caceres.
Its patron is Saint Anthony of Padua. The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral Parish of St. Anthony of Padua along Quezon Street, Masbate City.
Contents
Bishops
- Porfirio R. Iligan (17 June 1968 Appointed - 14 February 1998 Retired)
- Joel Zamudio Baylon (14 February 1998 Appointed - 10 December 2009 Transferred to Diocese of Legazpi)
- José B. Bantolo (15 June 2011 Appointed – present)
Vicars-General
The Vicar-General assists the bishop in the administrative duties over the diocese. The Offices of the Vicar General and the Episcopal Vicars temporarily ceased upon the vacancy of the See of the diocese.
- Very Rev. Msgr. Anacleto Golimlim, P.A (†)
- Very Rev. Msgr. Arturo Lachica, H.P
- Very Rev. Msgr. Claro Caluya III, H.P (1984–2009)
- Very Rev. Msgr. Ismael Misolas, P.C (2009)
- Very Rev. Fr. Eusebio Llonoso (2011-present)
See also
Resources
- The 2010–2011 Catholic Directory of the Philippines (published by Claretian Publications for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, 2010)
- Articles containing Latin-language text
- Philippines articles missing geocoordinate data
- Roman Catholic dioceses in the Philippines
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cáceres
- Religious organizations established in 1968
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- Religion in Masbate