Kidapawan Diocese
| Kidapawan Diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cotabato |
| Diocesan bishop | José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo |
| founding | 1976 |
| surface | 5,199 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 908,577 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 526.975 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 58% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 14,243 |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady Mediatrix of all Graces |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net |
The Diocese of Kidapawan ( lat. : Dioecesis Kidapavanensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Kidapawan City .
history
The Diocese of Kidapawan was on June 12, 1976 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quas Venerabilis from cessions of territory of the territorial prelature Cotabato as the territorial prelature Kidapawan . The Territorial Prelature Kidapawan was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Davao as a suffragan . On November 5, 1979, the Territorial Prelature Kidapawan was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cotabato as a suffragan. The Territorial Prelature of Kidapawan was raised to a diocese on November 15, 1982 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Decessores .
The Diocese of Kidapawan comprises nine parishes in Cotabato Province , two parishes in Maguindanao Province and one parish in Sultan Kudarat Province .
Ordinaries
Kidapawan Prelates
- Federico O. Escaler SJ , 1976–1980, then Prelate of Ipil
- Orlando Beltran Quevedo OMI , 1980-1982
Bishops of Kidapawan
- Orlando Beltran Quevedo OMI, 1982–1986, then Archbishop of Nueva Segovia
- Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos , 1987–1995, then Bishop of Butuan
- Romulo Geolina Valles , 1997-2006, then Archbishop of Zamboanga
- Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz , 2008-2014, then Archbishop of Zamboanga
- José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo , since 2016
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Kidapawan on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)