Territorial Prelature Isabela
| Territorial Prelature Isabela | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Zamboanga |
| prelate | Leo Dalmao CMF |
| surface | 1,359 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 418,856 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 126,122 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 30.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,045 |
| Friars | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Portugal |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net/isabela/ |
The Territorial Prelature Isabela ( Latin : Praelatura Territorialis Isabellapolitana ) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature based in Isabela City on the island of Basilan in the Philippines .
Pope Paul VI founded with the Bull Providens Dei on October 12, 1963 the territorial prelature Isabela from territorial cession of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga and subordinated it to this as a suffragan . It includes the province of Basilan .
Prelates of Isabela
- José María Querejeta Mendizábal CMF (October 24, 1963 - January 28, 1989, resigned)
- Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz (January 28, 1989 - January 8, 2001, then Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose de Antique )
- Martin Jumoad (November 21, 2001– October 4, 2016, then Archbishop of Ozamis )
- Leo Dalmao CMF (since March 25, 2019)