Country Philippians Sui iuris church Latin Church Established 5 November 1979 Phone +63 82 553 2012 Metropolitan archbishop Romulo Valles | Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Area 3,938 km² Patron saint Isidore the Laborer | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2006)
774,000
657,000 (84.9%) Address Home of the Clergy, Doña Aurora Street, P.O. Box 3771, Digos City, 8002, Davao del Sur, Philippines Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Davao | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Digos (Lat: Dioecesis Digosensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
Erected in 1979, the diocese was created from territory in the Archdiocese of Davao.
The diocese has experienced no jurisdictional changes, and is currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Davao.
The current bishop is Guillermo Dela Vega Afable, appointed in 2003.
The 2 provinces of Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental are under the jurisdiction of this diocese.
Ordinaries
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Digos Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA