Diocese of Iligan
| Diocese of Iligan | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ozamis |
| Diocesan bishop | Jose Rapadas |
| surface | 3,092 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,551,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,017,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 65.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 20,340 |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 75 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net |
The Diocese of Iligan ( lat. : Dioecesis Iliganensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Iligan City . It includes the province of Lanao del Norte .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the territorial prelature Iligan with the Apostolic Constitution Qui in Apostolici on February 17, 1971 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Ozamis . The prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro as a suffragan diocese.
The Territorial Prelature Iligan lost part of its territory on November 20, 1976 in favor of the establishment of the Territorial Prelature Marawi . With the bull Cum Decessores , the prelature was elevated to the diocese on November 15, 1982. This became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz on January 24, 1983 .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Iligan
- Bienvenido Solon Tudtud (February 17, 1971– April 25, 1977, then Prelate of Marawi )
- Fernando Capalla (April 25, 1977– November 15, 1982)
Bishops of Iligan
- Fernando Capalla (November 15, 1982– June 28, 1994, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Davao )
- Emilio Layon Bataclan (May 3, 1995– June 21, 2004)
- Elenito Galido (March 25, 2006 - December 5, 2017)
- Jose Rapadas (since June 13, 2019)
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 | |||
| 1980 | 454,538 | 585.101 | 77.7 | 22nd | 11 | 11 | 20,660 | 22nd | 46 | 15th | |
| 1990 | 530,000 | 700,000 | 75.7 | 25th | 17th | 8th | 21,200 | 15th | 45 | 20th | |
| 1999 | 747.383 | 863,583 | 86.5 | 45 | 26th | 19th | 16.608 | 29 | 42 | 20th | |
| 2000 | 750,400 | 985.305 | 76.2 | 42 | 26th | 16 | 17,866 | 24 | 41 | 20th | |
| 2001 | 815.732 | 1,133,100 | 72.0 | 47 | 29 | 18th | 17,356 | 29 | 59 | 20th | |
| 2002 | 858.294 | 1,140,574 | 75.3 | 57 | 37 | 20th | 15,057 | 21st | 54 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 962.510 | 1,261,603 | 76.3 | 59 | 36 | 23 | 16,313 | 24 | 53 | 54 | |
| 2004 | 1,010,635 | 1,314,507 | 76.9 | 58 | 35 | 23 | 17,424 | 27 | 68 | 26th | |
| 2006 | 1,049,000 | 1,364,000 | 76.9 | 49 | 35 | 14th | 21,408 | 42 | 68 | 25th | |