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Diocese of Butuan

Butuanen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Butuan, Philippines

The Diocese of Butuan is a Latin Church diocese covering Butuan City and Agusan del Norte in Mindanao, Philippines. Erected on March 20, 1967, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
20 March 1967
Latin
Butuanen(sis)
Patron
St. Joseph
Annuario code
001000991

The see in figures

Catholics
947,044
Population
691,566
Priests
87
Catholics per priest
10,886
Extent
3,546 km²
Catholics per km²
267

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
Cosme Almedilla
Born
27 September 1959
Birthplace
Capayas

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

Cathedral of Saint Joseph stands in Butuan, 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 Cagayan de Oro

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

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.