Suffragan diocese Caroline Islands, Micronesia
Diocese of Caroline Islands
Carolinensium
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering the Caroline Islands, spanning the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. The mission was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 19 December 1905 and elevated to a diocese on 3 May 1979. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agana (Guam); its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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- Established
- 1905
- Catholics
- 63,437
- Priests
- 31
- Territory
- 1,243 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Julio Angkel
- Born
- 12 April 1954
- Birthplace
- Parem
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Caroline Islands, 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.
History
Spanning the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau, the Catholic Diocese of Caroline Islands (Latin: Diœcesis Carolinensium) is a suffragan diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña. A bishop leads the diocese and pastors its mother church, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.