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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa

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Country
  
United States

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
476.6 km²

Emeritus bishop
  
Tomas Aguon Camacho

Parishes
  
12

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Territory
  
Northern Mariana Islands

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 71,850 43,000 (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.

Ordinaries

  • Tomas Aguon Camacho (1984 - 2010)
  • Ryan Pagente Jimenez (2016 - present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Wikipedia