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Diocese of Prosperidad

Prosperitaten(sis)

The Diocese of Prosperidad is a Latin Church diocese covering Agusan del Sur, erected on October 15, 2024 from the Diocese of Butuan as the Philippines' 87th diocese. Its first bishop, Ruben Caballero Labajo, took possession on January 28, 2025.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
15 October 2024
Latin
Prosperitaten(sis)
Patron
Saint Michael the Archangel
Annuario code
001005127

The see in figures

Catholics
486,251
Population
739,367
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
65.8%
Priests
32
Catholics per priest
15,195
Extent
9,989 km²
Catholics per km²
49

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
Ruben Caballero Labajo

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. Michael stands in Prosperidad, 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.

History

Among the youngest Latin Church jurisdictions in the Philippines, the Diocese of Prosperidad was created on October 15, 2024. Its territory takes in the province of Agusan del Sur.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
. . . . ., Philippines

This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.

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Sources

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.