Diocese of Dipolog
| Diocese of Dipolog | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ozamis |
| Diocesan bishop | Severo Caermare |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jose Ricare Manguiran |
| surface | 7,205 km² |
| Parishes | 34 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 855,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 689,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 80.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 61 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,766 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Friars | 15 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net |
The Diocese of Dipolog ( lat. : Dioecesis Dipologanus ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Dipolog . It includes the province of Zamboanga del Norte .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quantum prosit on July 31, 1967 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese. On January 24, 1983, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz .
Bishops of Dipolog
- Felix Sanchez Zafra (July 31, 1967 - October 20, 1986, then Bishop of Tagbilaran )
- Jose Ricare Manguiran (May 27, 1987– July 25, 2014)
- Severo Caermare (since July 25, 2014)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 341.158 | 386,000 | 88.4 | 20th | 18th | 2 | 17.057 | 2 | 14th | 15th | |
| 1980 | 434,000 | 536,000 | 81.0 | 36 | 30th | 6th | 12,055 | 12 | 18th | 20th | |
| 1990 | 540,000 | 720,000 | 75.0 | 42 | 38 | 4th | 12,857 | 7th | 18th | 29 | |
| 1998 | 900,300 | 990,900 | 90.9 | 55 | 49 | 6th | 16,369 | 2 | 7th | 14th | 33 |
| 2001 | 793.520 | 991,900 | 80.0 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 15,559 | 4th | 26th | 33 | |
| 2002 | 653.318 | 823.130 | 79.4 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 11,666 | 10 | 26th | 33 | |
| 2003 | 688.100 | 853.875 | 80.6 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 12,510 | 1 | 10 | 26th | 33 |
| 2004 | 663,000 | 823.130 | 80.5 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 12,054 | 1 | 10 | 26th | 33 |
| 2006 | 689,000 | 855,000 | 80.6 | 64 | 61 | 3 | 10,765 | 1 | 15th | 24 | 34 |