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Diocese of San Carlos

Sancti Caroli Borromeo

The Diocese of San Carlos is a Latin Catholic diocese erected in 1987 from the Diocese of Bacolod, covering portions of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 March 1987
Latin
Sancti Caroli Borromeo
Patron
St. Charles Borromeo
Annuario code
001002875

The see in figures

Catholics
980,732
Population
1,146,519
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
85.5%
Priests
71
Catholics per priest
13,813
Extent
3,041 km²
Catholics per km²
323

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
Gerardo Alimane Alminaza

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. Charles Borromeo stands in San Carlos, 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 Jaro

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jaro.

The sees of this province:

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

History

In 1987 the Diocese of Bacolod was divided, giving rise to the Diocese of San Carlos (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Borromeo) along with the Diocese of Kabankalan. A Latin Church jurisdiction in the Philippines, it belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jaro in Iloilo City. Its cathedral seat is the San Carlos Borromeo Cathedral in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

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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.