Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
The Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro is a Latin Church metropolitan see in northern Mindanao, Philippines, covering Misamis Oriental and Camiguin. Established as the Diocese of Cagayan in 1933 and elevated to an archdiocese on June 29, 1951, it serves as the metropolitan for several Mindanao suffragans including Butuan.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 January 1933
- Latin
- Cagayan(us)
- Patron
- St. Augustine of Hippo; Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001001005
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,440,000
- Population
- 1,799,450
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 125
- Catholics per priest
- 11,520
- Extent
- 3,799 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 379
of the people living within its bounds
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
- José Araneta Cabantan
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
Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral stands in Cagayan de Oro, 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 Cagayan de Oro
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ButuanButuan
- Diocese of MalaybalayMalaybalay
- Diocese of ProsperidadProsperidad
- Diocese of SurigaoSurigao
- Diocese of TandagTandag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On the island of Mindanao, the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (Latin: Archidioecesis Cagayana) serves as a metropolitan see of the Latin Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its territory covers the civil provinces of Misamis Oriental and Camiguin along with the municipality of Malitbog in Bukidnon. The archbishop's seat is the Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral, which stands beside the Cagayan River in Cagayan de Oro.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archbishop’s Residence, Fernandez St., Barangay 01, 9000 Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
- Telephone
- e fax [088]857-1357
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].