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Diocese of Chalan Kanoa

Vialemben(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands

Latin-rite diocese covering the Northern Mariana Islands, canonically erected on 8 November 1984. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agana in Guam, its seat is Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Saipan.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
8 November 1984
Latin
Vialemben(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Annuario code
001001100

The see in figures

Catholics
43,000
Population
71,850
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
59.8%
Priests
11
Catholics per priest
3,909
Extent
477 km²
Catholics per km²
90

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Romeo Duetao Convocar

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Saipan stands in Chalan Kanoa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Agana

A suffragan of Agana.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.