Diocese of Iba
Iban(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iba, Philippines
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.