Archdiocese of Palo
| Archdiocese of Palo | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Diocesan bishop | John you |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Pedro Rosales Dean |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 4,620 km² |
| Parishes | 52 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,572,472 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 1,257,977 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 130 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,736 |
| Friars | 15 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 130 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord |
| Website | http://archdioceseofpalo.com |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Borongan Diocese of Calbayog Diocese of Catarman Diocese of Naval |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo ( lat. : Archidioecesis Palensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Palo . It includes the province of Leyte , with the exception of four parishes in the northern part of the province, which belong to the diocese of Naval , and six parishes in the southeast part of the province of the same name, which belong to the diocese of Maasin .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the diocese of Palo on November 28, 1937 from cession of territory by the diocese of Calbayog and it was subordinated to the archdiocese of Cebu as a suffragan .
With the Apostolic Constitution Ad fidelium on November 15, 1982 it was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- March 23, 1968 to the diocese of Maasin ;
- November 29, 1988 to the Diocese of Naval .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Palo
- Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia (December 16, 1937 - November 12, 1951, then Bishop of Tagbilaran )
- Lino R. Gonzaga y Rasdesales (November 12, 1951 - August 12, 1966, then Archbishop of Zamboanga )
- Teotimo C. Pacis CM (November 18, 1966 - May 23, 1969, then Bishop of Legazpi )
- Manuel S. Salvador (October 21, 1969 - September 25, 1972)
- Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa (April 12, 1973 - November 15, 1982)
Archbishops of Palo
- Cipriano Urgel y Villahermosa (November 15, 1982 - April 22, 1985)
- Pedro Rosales Dean (October 12, 1985 - March 18, 2006)
- Jose Serofia Palma (March 18, 2006 - October 15, 2010, then Archbishop of Cebu )
- John Du (since February 25, 2012)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1949 | 970.890 | 1,000,000 | 97.1 | 81 | 67 | 14th | 11,986 | 15th | 41 | 53 | |
| 1970 | 875.135 | 942,738 | 92.8 | 105 | 77 | 28 | 8,334 | 32 | 65 | 46 | |
| 1980 | 973.282 | 1,020,857 | 95.3 | 105 | 79 | 26th | 9,269 | 27 | 78 | 52 | |
| 1990 | 1,690,860 | 1,820,440 | 92.9 | 138 | 121 | 17th | 12,252 | 19th | 66 | 44 | |
| 1999 | 1,120,505 | 1,186,211 | 94.5 | 137 | 128 | 9 | 8,178 | 9 | 94 | 49 | |
| 2000 | 1,120,505 | 1,186,211 | 94.5 | 137 | 127 | 10 | 8,178 | 11 | 118 | 49 | |
| 2001 | 1,257,977 | 1,572,472 | 80.0 | 128 | 119 | 9 | 9,827 | 10 | 119 | 49 | |
| 2002 | 1,257,977 | 1,572,472 | 80.0 | 133 | 123 | 10 | 9,458 | 11 | 119 | 50 | |
| 2003 | 1,257,977 | 1,572,472 | 80.0 | 142 | 127 | 15th | 8,858 | 17th | 125 | 50 | |
| 2004 | 1,257,977 | 1,572,472 | 80.0 | 144 | 130 | 14th | 8,735 | 15th | 130 | 52 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry for Archdiocese of Palo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the Archdiocese of Palo on gcatholic.org (English)
