Territorial Prelature Infanta
| Territorial Prelature Infanta | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lipa |
| prelate | Bernardino Cruz Cortez |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 7,189 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 468,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 379,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 81% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 14,037 |
| Friars | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Infant Jesus of Prague and St. Mark the Evangelist |
| Website | http://www.cbcponline.net/infanta/ |
The Territorial Prelature Infanta ( Latin : Praelatura Territorialis Infantensis ) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature based in Infanta on the island of Luzon in the Philippines .
history
Pope Pius XII founded with the bull Precibus annuentes on April 25, 1950 the territorial prelature Infanta from territorial cession of the Diocese of Lipa and subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Manila as a suffragan . It covers the northern part of Quezon Province .
On January 31, 1970 it lost part of its territory to the diocese of Ilagan . It became part of the ecclesiastical province of Lipa on June 20, 1972 .
Prelates of Infanta
- Patrick Shanley OCD (1953-1960)
- Julio Xavier Labayen OCD (1966-2003)
- Rolando Joven Tria Tirona OCD (2003-2012)
- Bernardino Cruz Cortez (since 2014)