Diocese of Calbayog
Calbayogan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Calbayog, Philippines
The Diocese of Calbayog covers Samar in the Eastern Visayas and was erected on April 10, 1910. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Palo and has been led by Bishop Isabelo Caiban Abarquez since 2007.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 April 1910
- Latin
- Calbayogan(us)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001016
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 753,748
- Population
- 802,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.0%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 10,616
- Extent
- 5,069 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 149
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
- Isabelo Caiban Abarquez
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 Sts. Peter and Paul stands in Calbayog, 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 Palo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BoronganBorongan
- Diocese of CatarmanCatarman
- Diocese of NavalNaval
- Archdiocese of PaloPalo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Calbayog, a city on the western side of Samar province in the Philippines, gives its name to the Diocese of Calbayog, the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory whose episcopal see it holds.
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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.