Diocese of Chalan Kanoa
Diocese of Chalan Kanoa | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Northern Mariana Islands ( United States ) |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agaña |
Diocesan bishop | Ryan Jimenez |
founding | 1984 |
surface | 184 km² |
Parishes | 12 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 71,850 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 43,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 59.8% |
Diocesan priest | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,071 |
Friars | 1 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 16 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Bislama , French and English |
cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
address | Bishop's House, PO Box 500745, Chalan Kanoa, Saipan, MP 96950, Northern Mariana Islands |
Website | rcdck.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa ( Latin : Dioecesis Vialembensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church on the outskirts of the United States of the Northern Mariana Islands with its seat in Chalan Kanoa on the island of Saipan .
history
With the Apostolic Constitution Properamus, Pope John Paul II founded the diocese on November 8, 1984 from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of Agaña , to which it is also subordinate as a suffragan diocese. From its foundation until his retirement on April 6, 2010, Tomas Aguon Camacho was bishop of this diocese. Ryan Jimenez has been his successor since June 24, 2016 .
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Chalan Kanoa - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa on gcatholic.org (English)