Diocese of Novaliches
| Diocese of Novaliches | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country |
 Philippines
|
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manila |
| Diocesan bishop | Roberto Gaa |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Teodoro C. Bacani Antonio Realubin Tobias |
| founding | 2002 |
| surface | 138 km² |
| Parishes | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,435,952 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,900,043 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 78% |
| Diocesan priest | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 143 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,383 |
| Friars | 582 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 197 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Shrine of the Good Shepherd |
| Website | http://www.novalichesdiocese.net |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novaliches ( lat. : Dioecesis Novalichesinsis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Novaliches . It covers parts of Quezon City .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it on December 7, 2002 with the Apostolic Constitution Animarum utilitati from the cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Manila , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Novaliches
- Teodoro C. Bacani (December 7, 2002– November 25, 2003)
- Antonio Realubin Tobias (November 25, 2003 - June 6, 2019)
- Roberto Gaa (since June 6, 2019)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 2002 | 1,492,984 | 1,658,872 | 90.0 | 121 | 39 | 82 | 12,338 | 82 | 45 | 50 | |
| 2003 | 1,492,984 | 1,658,872 | 90.0 | 91 | 33 | 58 | 16.406 | 1 | 251 | 117 | 51 |
| 2013 | 1,715,944 | 2,144,929 | 80.0 | 141 | 39 | 102 | 12,169 | 526 | 275 | 64 | |