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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos

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Country
  
Philippians

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Area
  
3,041 km²

Phone
  
+63 34 312 6272

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Angel Lagdameo

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Cathedral
  
Negros Occidental

Patron saint
  
Charles Borromeo

Territory
  
1st and 2nd Congressional District of Negros Occidental

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 949,000 840,000 (88.5%)

Address
  
Bishop's Home, San Julio Subdivision, San Carlos City, 6127, Philippines

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Borromeo) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was split off from the Diocese of Bacolod together with the Diocese of Kabankalan in 1987 and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jaro in Iloilo City. The seat of the cathedral is the San Carlos Borromeo Cathedral in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

Ordinaries

  • Nicolas M. Mondejar (November 21, 1987 - July 25, 2001)
  • Most Rev. Jose F. Advincula, D.D. (July 25, 2001 - November 9, 2011); named Archbishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capiz, the Philippines
  • Rev. Fr. Daniel Patrick Parcon, as Diocese Administrator
  • Most Rev. Salvador Trane Modesto, D.D., (Auxiliary Bishop) (June 25, 1988–2005)
  • Gerardo Alminaza (September 14, 2013 - present) http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=22578

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos Wikipedia
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