Archdiocese of Zamboanga
Zamboangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Zamboanga, Philippines
The Archdiocese of Zamboanga is a Latin Church metropolitan see on the Zamboanga Peninsula, erected as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1958. Its archbishop since 2023 is Julius Sullan Tonel.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 April 1910
- Latin
- Zamboangen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Pillar
- Annuario code
- 001000229
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 707,170
- Population
- 1,052,763
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 67.2%
- Priests
- 57
- Catholics per priest
- 12,406
- Extent
- 1,638 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 432
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
- Archbishop
- Julius Sullan Tonel
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Zamboanga, 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 Zamboanga
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of IpilIpil
- Diocese of IsabelaIsabela
- Diocese of JoloJolo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Mindanao's first diocese, created in 1910, became the island's second archdiocese in 1958: the Archdiocese of Zamboanga (Latin name: Archidiocesis Zamboangensis). Its present jurisdiction covers Zamboanga City, and its suffragans are the Territorial Prelature of Isabela in Basilan, the Diocese of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay, and the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo.
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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.