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Diocese of Malolos

Malolosin(us)

The Diocese of Malolos is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Manila, covering Bulacan. Separated from Manila in 1961, its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Malolos.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 November 1961
Latin
Malolosin(us)
Patron
Immaculate Conception
Annuario code
001002126

The see in figures

Catholics
3,757,226
Population
4,423,868
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
84.9%
Priests
206
Catholics per priest
18,239
Extent
2,672 km²
Catholics per km²
1,406

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
Dennis Villarojo

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 Basilica of the Immaculate Conception stands in Malolos, 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 Archdiocese of Manila.

The sees of this province:

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

History

The whole Province of Bulacan, together with Valenzuela City in metropolitan Manila, forms the territory of the Diocese of Malolos (Latin: Dioecesis Malolosinae; Tagalog: Diyosesis ng Malolos; Spanish: Diócesis de Malolos), a Latin Church diocese in the Philippines and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila. Its mother church is the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Malolos City, Bulacan.

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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.