Bishopric of Malaybalay

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Bishopric of Malaybalay
Map of the Bishopric of Malaybalay
Basic data
Country Philippines
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro
Diocesan bishop Sedis vacancy
Emeritus diocesan bishop Honesto Chaves Pacana SJ
founding 1969
surface 8,294 km²
Parishes 54 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 1,645,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 1,342,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 81.6%
Diocesan priest 86 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 12 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 13,694
Friars 54 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 143 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Filipino
English
cathedral Cathedral of San Isidro Labrador
Website www.cbcponline.net

The Diocese of Malaybalay ( lat. : Dioecesis Malaibalaiensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Malaybalay City .

history

The diocese of Malaybalay was founded on April 25, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ut commodis from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro as the Territorial Prelature of Malaybalay . The Malaybalay Territorial Prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro as a suffragan . On November 15, 1982, the Malaybalay Territorial Prelature was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Decessores .

The diocese of Malaybalay includes the province of Bukidnon and the municipality of Wao in the province of Lanao del Sur .

Ordinaries

Prelates of Malaybalay

Bishops of Malaybalay

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Ut commodis , AAS 61 (1969), n.11, p. 660ff.
  2. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum Decessores , AAS 75 I (1983), n.4, pp. 357f.