Diocese of Kalookan
Kalookan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kalookan, Philippines
The Diocese of Kalookan is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Manila covering Malabon, Navotas, and southern Caloocan. Created in 2003, it is led by Cardinal Pablo Virgilio S. David, appointed bishop in 2015 and created a cardinal in December 2024. Its Catholic population is about 80 percent of roughly 2.29 million residents as of 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 June 2003
- Latin
- Kalookan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Roch
- Annuario code
- 001001788
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,831,719
- Population
- 2,289,649
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 45,793
- Extent
- 45 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 40,705
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
- Pablo Virgilio Siongco David
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 San Roque, Caloocan stands in Kalookan, 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 Manila
A suffragan of Manila.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AntipoloAntipolo
- Diocese of CubaoCubao
- Diocese of ImusImus
- Diocese of MalolosMalolos
- Archdiocese of ManilaManila
- Diocese of NovalichesNovaliches
- Diocese of ParañaqueParañaque
- Diocese of PasigPasig
- Diocese of San PabloSan Pablo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Malabon, Navotas, and the southern half of Caloocan make up the Diocese of Kalookan, a Latin Rite diocese of the Catholic Church in Metro Manila, Philippines. One exception applies: Barangay 164 (Talipapa) in Caloocan lies outside its bounds, belonging instead to the Diocese of Novaliches.
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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.