Diocese of Tandag
Diocese of Tandag | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Philippines |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro |
Diocesan bishop | Raul Dael |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Nereo Odchimar |
founding | 1978 |
surface | 4,552 km² |
Parishes | 24 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 654,875 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 523,900 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 80% |
Diocesan priest | 51 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 10,075 |
Friars | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 38 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
cathedral | Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino, Tandag |
Website | http://www.cbcponline.net/jurisdictions/tandag.html |
The Diocese of Tandag ( Latin : Dioecesis Tandagensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Mindanao , Surigao del Sur Province , Philippines . The bishopric is in Tandag City .
The diocese was founded on June 16, 1978 by Pope Paul VI. from the diocese of Surigao and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines) as a suffragan . On November 7, 1978, John Paul I appointed the religious Ireneo A. Amantillo CSsR to the episcopate.
Ordinaries
- Ireneo A. Amantillo CSsR, 1978-2001
- Nereo P. Odchimar , 2001-2018
- Raul Dael , since 2018