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Roman Catholic Diocese of Surigao

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Country
  
Philippines

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Established
  
3 June 1939

Patron saint
  
Nicholas of Tolentino

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Antonio Ledesma

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
3,739 km²

Bishop
  
Antonieto Cabajog

Territory
  
Dinagat Islands

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)601,000564,000 (93.8%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

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

Erected in 1939, the diocese is one of the older ecclesiastical territories in the Philippines. The diocese was split off from the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro. In 1978, the diocese was subdivided, and the Diocese of Tandag was split off.

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

The current bishop is Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog, appointed in 2001.

The jurisdiction of this diocese are the two provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands

Ordinaries

  • Jan Vrakking, M.S.C. † (25 May 1940 Appointed - 12 Dec 1953 Resigned)
  • Charles Van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. † (23 Mar 1955 Appointed - 10 Jan 1973 Resigned)
  • Miguel Cinches, S.V.D. (10 Jan 1973 Appointed - 21 Apr 2001 Resigned)
  • Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog (21 Apr 2001 Appointed - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Surigao Wikipedia
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