Diocese of Iligan
Iliganen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iligan, Philippines
The Diocese of Iligan is a Latin Church diocese covering Iligan City and the northern part of Lanao del Norte in the Philippines. Erected as a territorial prelature in 1971 and elevated to a diocese in 1982, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ozamis.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 February 1971
- Latin
- Iliganen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001001653
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 715,562
- Population
- 1,206,648
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 59.3%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 17,889
- Extent
- 3,092 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 231
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
- Jose Ramirez Rapadas III
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
St. Michael's Cathedral stands in Iligan, 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:
- Diocese of DipologDipolog
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Twenty-six parishes, spread across Iligan City and twelve municipalities in the northern half of Lanao del Norte province, make up the Diocese of Iligan (Latin: Dioecesis Iliganensis), 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.