Area 476.6 km² | Parishes 12 Territory Northern Mariana Islands | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)71,85043,000 (59.8%) Established 8 November 1984 (32 years ago) Cathedral Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (Latin: Dioecesis Vialembensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña. The diocese was canonically erected on 8 November 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Its territories were taken from the archdiocese based in Guam.
The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is led by a prelate bishop who pastors the mother church, the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral on Saipan.
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