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Diocese of Malaybalay

Malaibalaien(sis)

The Diocese of Malaybalay is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, covering Bukidnon. Erected as a territorial prelature in 1969 and raised to a diocese in 1982, its seat is the Cathedral of San Isidro Labrador.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 November 1957
Latin
Malaibalaien(sis)
Patron
Saint Isidore the Farmer (San Isidro Labrador)
Annuario code
001002121

The see in figures

Catholics
1,363,026
Population
1,868,476
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
72.9%
Priests
86
Catholics per priest
15,849
Extent
8,294 km²
Catholics per km²
164

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
Noel Pedregosa

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 Isidro Labrador stands in Malaybalay, 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 Cagayan de Oro

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.