Diocese of Isabela
Isabellapolitan(us)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Isabela, Philippines
The Territorial Prelature of Isabela comprises the province of Basilan in the Philippines, an area with a Muslim-majority population. Established in 1963 from the Archdiocese of Zamboanga, it is a suffragan of Zamboanga.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 October 1963
- Latin
- Isabellapolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Elizabeth of Portugal and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000272
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 131,560
- Population
- 456,400
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 28.8%
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 11,960
- Extent
- 1,359 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 97
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
- Leo Dalmao
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. Isabel de Portugal stands in Isabela, 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 Zamboanga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Zamboanga.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of IpilIpil
- Diocese of JoloJolo
- Archdiocese of ZamboangaZamboanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the province of Basilan, taking in its component cities of Isabela and Lamitan, lies the Territorial Prelature of Isabela de Basilan, often called simply the Territorial Prelature of Isabela (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Isabellapolitana). It is a Latin Catholic territorial prelature within the ecclesiastical province of Zamboanga 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.