Pagadian bishopric
| Pagadian bishopric | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ozamis |
| Diocesan bishop | Ronaldo Lunas |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar CSsR |
| surface | 28,060 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,236,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 993,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 19,471 |
| Friars | 17 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 56 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Sto. Niño Cathedral |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net |
The Diocese of Pagadian ( lat. : Dioecesis Pagadianensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Pagadian . It covers the northern and eastern parts of the Zamboanga del Sur province .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ut fidelium necessitatibus on November 12, 1971 from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Zamboanga , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese. On January 24, 1983, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz .
Bishops of Pagadian
- Jesus Tuquib (February 24, 1973 - March 31, 1984, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro )
- Antonio Realubin Tobias (September 14, 1984 - May 28, 1993, then Bishop of San Fernando de La Union )
- Zacharias Cenita Jimenez (December 2, 1994 - June 11, 2003, then auxiliary bishop in Butuan )
- Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar CSsR (May 14, 2004 - November 22, 2018)
- Ronaldo Lunas (since November 22, 2018)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1980 | 386,500 | 436.100 | 88.6 | 27 | 10 | 17th | 14,314 | 17th | 22nd | 15th | |
| 1990 | 408.937 | 564,000 | 72.5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 12,392 | 9 | 39 | 18th | |
| 2000 | 668,000 | 803,000 | 83.2 | 35 | 35 | 19,085 | 1 | 48 | 24 | ||
| 2004 | 797,000 | 992,000 | 80.3 | 43 | 36 | 7th | 18,534 | 8th | 53 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 943,000 | 1173,000 | 80.4 | 52 | 44 | 8th | 18,134 | 12 | 42 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 993,000 | 1,236,000 | 80.3 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 19,470 | 17th | 56 | 24 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Pagadian on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry for Diocese of Pagadian on catholic-hierarchy.org