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Diocese of Iba

Iban(us)

The Diocese of Iba is a Latin Church diocese covering the province of Zambales and the City of Olongapo in the Philippines. Established as a territorial prelature in 1955 and elevated to a diocese in 1982, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Fernando.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
12 June 1955
Latin
Iban(us)
Patron
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Annuario code
001001636

The see in figures

Catholics
725,785
Population
907,231
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
80.0%
Priests
41
Catholics per priest
17,702
Extent
3,642 km²
Catholics per km²
199

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
Bartolome G. Santos
Born
1 December 1967
Birthplace
Santa Maria

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 St. Augustine stands in Iba, 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 San Fernando, Pampanga

A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Fernando.

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

History

The province of Zambales and the City of Olongapo together make up the territory of the Diocese of Iba (Latin: Dioecesis Ibanae), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

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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.