Diocese of Maasin
| Diocese of Maasin | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cebu |
| Diocesan bishop | Precioso Cantillas SDS |
| Vicar General | Urcisino Luzon |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 2,505 km² |
| Parishes | 41 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 717,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 638,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 89% |
| Diocesan priest | 68 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,382 |
| Friars | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 126 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net |
The Diocese of Maasin ( lat. : Dioecesis Maasinensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Maasin . It includes the Southern Leyte Province and the municipalities of Matalom , Bato , Hilongos , Hindang , Inopacan and Baybay in the Leyte Province .
history
The diocese Maasin was on March 23, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Dei Filium from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Palo and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cebu as a suffragan .
Bishops of Maasin
- Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad , 1968-1997
- Precioso Cantillas SDS , since 1998
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1969 | 347,000 | 375,000 | 92.5 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 9.131 | 11 | 20th | 25th | |
| 1980 | 444,519 | 479.255 | 92.8 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 10,841 | 5 | 28 | 27 | |
| 1990 | 504,652 | 557,537 | 90.5 | 36 | 36 | 14,018 | 91 | 30th | |||
| 1999 | 565,438 | 633.026 | 89.3 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 9,748 | 2 | 88 | 41 | |
| 2000 | 621.391 | 691,887 | 89.8 | 57 | 55 | 2 | 10,901 | 2 | 135 | 41 | |
| 2001 | 551.732 | 605.901 | 91.1 | 57 | 57 | 9,679 | 118 | 41 | |||
| 2002 | 559,828 | 614,534 | 91.1 | 59 | 59 | 9,488 | 123 | 41 | |||
| 2003 | 567.233 | 624.720 | 90.8 | 62 | 62 | 9,148 | 131 | 41 | |||
| 2004 | 572.905 | 630.966 | 90.8 | 66 | 66 | 8,680 | 110 | 41 | |||
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Maasin (English)
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Maasin on Giga-Catholic (English)
Commons : Diocese of Maasin - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Dei Filium , AAS 61 (1969), n.1, p. 5ff.