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Diocese of Dipolog

Dipologan(us)

The Diocese of Dipolog is a Latin Church diocese in the Philippines covering the province of Zamboanga del Norte. Erected in 1967 from the Archdiocese of Zamboanga, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ozamis.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
31 July 1967
Latin
Dipologan(us)
Patron
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary and Saint Vincent Ferrer
Annuario code
001001308

The see in figures

Catholics
758,000
Population
1,070,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
70.8%
Priests
93
Catholics per priest
8,151
Extent
7,205 km²
Catholics per km²
105

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
Severo Caermare

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 Our Lady of the Holy Rosary stands in Dipolog, 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 Ozamis

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ozamis.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Covering the civil province of Zamboanga del Norte, the Diocese of Dipolog (Latin: Dioecesis Dipologanae; Filipino: Diyosesis ng Dipolog; Cebuano: Diyosesis sa Dipolog; Spanish: Diócesis de Dipolog) belongs to the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It was erected in 1967 out of territory of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga and now serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ozamis.

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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.