Roman Catholic Diocese of Tagbilaran

The Diocese of Tagbilaran is one of the 72 ecclesiastical territories called dioceses of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is one of 2 dioceses in the province of Bohol and is part of the ecclesiastical province of the Cebu. The Diocese of Tagbilaran was established on November 8, 1941.

Diocese of Tagbilaran

Dioecesis Tagbilaranus

Diyosesis sa Tagbilaran
Coat of arms
Location
CountryPhilippines
TerritoryWestern Bohol (Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Calape, Catigbian, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Dimiao, Garcia Hernandez, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sagbayan, San Isidro, Sevilla, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Tubigon, Valencia)
Ecclesiastical provinceCebu
MetropolitanCebu
Statistics
Area1,734 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
686,000
610,000 (88.9%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedNovember 8, 1941
CathedralCathedral of St Joseph the Worker in Tagbilaran
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Saint Roch
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAlberto S. Uy
Metropolitan ArchbishopJose S. Palma
Website
Website of the Diocese
St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral Tagbilaran City, Bohol

Most Rev. Alberto S. Uy, born on October 18, 1966, was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran by Pope Francis on October 13, 2016.[1] He was ordained as bishop at the Blessed Trinity Cathedral in Talibon town, seat of the Diocese of Talibon on January 5, 2017, and was installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran on January 6, 2017 at Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. He succeeded bishop Most Rev. Leonardo Y. Medroso, D.D., who has retired.[2]

History

The Diocese of Tagbilaran was created on November 8, 1941 and made a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu by the apostolic constitution In sublimi Petri cathedra.[3] But due to the complications caused by World War II, its first bishop, Julio Rosales, a priest of the Diocese of Palo took possession of the diocese after his episcopal consecration 5 years after Tagbilaran's erection. On January 9, 1986, the diocese lost half of its territory and Pope Saint John Paul II created the Diocese of Talibon with seat in Talibon, a major town on the northern coast of the island.[4] The Diocese of Talibon absorbed half of the civil province of Bohol.

St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral Tagbilaran City, Bohol

Bishops of Tagbilaran
No.NameFromUntilConsecrated Bishop
1stMost Rev. Julio Rosales, D.D. †June 22, 1946December 17, 1949September 21, 1946
2ndMost Rev. Manuel M. Mascariñas, D.D. †November 12, 1951July 3, 1976March 25, 1938
3rdMost Rev. Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo, D.D †July 3, 1976June 18, 1986May 27, 1974
4thMost Rev. Felix S. Zafra, D.D †October 20, 1986April 21, 1992October 22, 1967
5thMost Rev. Leopoldo S. Tumulak, D.D †November 28, 1992January 15, 2005March 16, 1987
6thMost Rev. Leonardo Y. Medroso, D.DOctober 17, 2006January 6, 2017March 17, 1987
7thMost Rev. Alberto S. Uy, D.DJanuary 6, 2017PresentJanuary 5, 2017

See also

References
  1. News, ABS-CBN. "Pope appoints new bishop for Tagbilaran". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  2. "Bishop's ordination, installation set | The Bohol Chronicle | Latest News from Tagbilaran City and Around Bohol, Philippines". boholchronicle.com.ph. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  3. Pope Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Tagbilaran In sublimi Petri cathedra (8 November 1941), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 34 (1942), 25-27. Ab archidioecesi Nominis Iesu, seu Cæbuana, territorii pars distrahitur , ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis «Tagbilarana » nuncupanda eidem archidioecesi Cæbuanæ suffraganea
  4. Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Talibon Apostolica Sedes (9 January 1986), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 78 (1986), 593-595. Quibusdam locis a dioecesi Tagbilarana distractis nova conditur dioecesis nomine Talibonensis

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