Diocese of Sorsogon
Sorsogonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sorsogon, Philippines
The Diocese of Sorsogon covers the province of Sorsogon and was erected in 1951. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Caceres, with the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 June 1951
- Latin
- Sorsogonen(sis)
- Patron
- Sts. Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001003098
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 770,649
- Population
- 828,655
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 93.0%
- Priests
- 97
- Catholics per priest
- 7,945
- Extent
- 2,141 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 360
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
- Jose Alan Dialogo
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 Sts. Peter and Paul stands in Sorsogon, 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 Caceres
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Caceres.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CaceresCaceres
- Diocese of DaetDaet
- Diocese of LegazpiLegazpi
- Diocese of LibmananLibmanan
- Diocese of MasbateMasbate
- Diocese of ViracVirac
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1951 by the Archdiocese of Caceres, the Diocese of Sorsogon (Latin: Dioecesis Sorsogonensis) is a Latin Church jurisdiction in the Philippines. Its territory was reduced in 1968 when the Diocese of Masbate was separated from it. The diocese remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Caceres.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.