Diocese of Ilagan
| Diocese of Ilagan | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tuguegarao |
| Diocesan bishop | David William Valencia Antonio |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Amangi Nacua OFMCap |
| surface | 12,556 km² |
| Parishes | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,557,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,247,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 22,673 |
| Friars | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Ferdinand |
| Website | http://www.cbcponline.net/jurisdictions/ilagan.html |
The diocese of Ilagan ( Latin : Dioecesis Ilaganensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the middle of the island of Luzon in the Philippines , with its seat in Ilagan . It includes the province of Isabela .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quia urget Christi on January 31, 1970 from cessions of territory of the diocese of Tuguegarao and the territorial prelature of Infanta and it was subordinated to the archdiocese of Nueva Segovia as a suffragan diocese.
On September 21, 1974, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.
Bishops of Ilagan
- Francisco Raval Cruces (March 4, 1970 - August 22, 1973, then Archbishop of Zamboanga )
- Miguel Gatan Purugganan (January 21, 1974 - July 26, 1999)
- Sergio Lasam Utleg (July 26, 1999 - November 13, 2006, then Bishop of Laoag )
- Joseph Amangi Nacua OFMCap (June 10, 2008 - February 25, 2017)
- David William Valencia Antonio (since November 14, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Ilagan on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Ilagan on gcatholic.org (English)