Diocese of Iba
| Diocese of Iba | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Fernando |
| Diocesan bishop | Bartolome Gaspar Santos |
| surface | 3,642 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 788.130 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 630,540 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,707 |
| Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Augustine |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net |
The Diocese of Iba ( lat. : Dioecesis Ibana ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Iba .
history
The diocese of Iba was on June 12, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Venisse Christum from cessions of territory from the dioceses of San Fernando and Lingayen-Dagupan as the territorial prelature of Iba . The Territorial Prelature Iba was subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Fernando as a suffragan . On November 15, 1982, the territorial prelature Iba was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Decessores .
The diocese of Iba includes the province of Zambales .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Iba
- Henry Byrne SSCME , 1956-1982
Bishops of Iba
- Henry Byrne SSCME, 1982-1983
- Paciano Basilio Aniceto , 1983–1989, then Archbishop of San Fernando
- Deogracias Iñiguez , 1989–2003, then Bishop of Kalookan
- Florentino Galang Lavarias , 2004–2014, then Archbishop of San Fernando
- Bartolome Gaspar Santos , since 2018
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Iba (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Iba on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)