Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan

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Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Area 10,664 km² Country Philippines		Sui iuris church Latin Church Established 21 January 1970 Patron saint Ferdinand III of Castile Metropolitan archbishop Sergio Utleg

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)1,337,1101,060,689 (79.3%) Cathedral Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Gamu, Isabela Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan (Lat: Dioecesis Ilaganensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

Established in 1970, the diocese is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.

The diocese had no jurisdictional changes. The seat of the diocese used to be located in Saint Ferdinand Parish Church in Ilagan City before being transferred to the Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel in Gamu, Isabela in 2013.

Ordinaries

Francisco Raval Cruces † (4 Mar 1970 Appointed - 22 Aug 1973 Appointed, Archbishop of Zamboanga)

Miguel Gatan Purugganan † (21 Jan 1974 Appointed - 26 Jul 1999 Resigned)

Sergio Lasam Utleg (26 Jul 1999 Succeeded - 13 Nov 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Laoag)

Joseph Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. (10 Jun 2008 Appointed - 25 Feb 2017 Resigned)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan Wikipedia

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