Archdiocese of Davao

	Archdiocese of Davao
Basic data
Country	Philippines
Diocesan bishop	Romulo Geolina Valles
Auxiliary bishop	George Beluso Rimando
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Fernando Capalla
founding	1970
surface	2,443 km²
Parishes	38 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	1,747,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	1,407,303 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	80.6%
Diocesan priest	79 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	82 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	8,741
Friars	314 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	523 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Filipino ; English
cathedral	San Pedro Cathedral
Website	www.cbcponline.net
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Digos ; Diocese of Mati ; Diocese of Tagum

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Davao ( lat. : Archidioecesis Davaensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Davao City .

history

San Pedro Cathedral

The Archdiocese of Davao was founded on December 17, 1949 by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Satius haud dubie established from cessions of territory of the diocese of Zamboanga as the territorial prelature of Davao and subordinated to the archdiocese of Cebu as a suffragan . On June 29, 1951, the Territorial Prelature Davao was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro as a suffragan. The Territorial Prelature Davao was on July 11, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. elevated to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Catholicas res magna .

The Diocese of Davao was on June 29, 1970 by Paul VI. raised to the archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Sanctae Ecclesiae utilitatibus . On November 5, 1979, the Archdiocese of Davao gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Digos .

The Archdiocese of Davao includes the cities of Davao City and Island Garden City of Samal in the Davao del Norte province .

Ordinaries

Prelates of Davao

Clovis Joseph Thibauld PME , 1954-1966

Bishops of Davao

Clovis Joseph Thibauld PME, 1966-1970

Archbishops of Davao

Clovis Joseph Thibauld PME, 1970-1972
Antonio Lloren Mabutas , 1972-1996
Fernando Capalla , 1996–2012
Romulo Geolina Valles , since 2012

Web links

Homepage of the Archdiocese of Davao (English)
Entry on the Archdiocese of Davao on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

Commons : Archdiocese of Davao - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Satius haud dubie , AAS 42 (1950), n.7, p. 373ff.
↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Catholicas res magna , AAS 59 (1967), n.3, pp. 205f.
↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Sanctae Ecclesiae utilitatibus , AAS 63 (1971), n.3, pp. 198f.

[1] Pius XII: Const. Apost. Satius haud dubie , AAS 42 (1950), n.7, p. 373ff.

[2] Paul VI: Const. Apost. Catholicas res magna , AAS 59 (1967), n.3, pp. 205f.

[3] Paul VI: Const. Apost. Sanctae Ecclesiae utilitatibus , AAS 63 (1971), n.3, pp. 198f.