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Apostolic vicariate Calapan, Philippines

Diocese of Calapan

Calapanen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Calapan covers eastern Mindoro and was elevated from an apostolic vicariate to a diocese by Pope Leo XIV on March 25, 2026, with Moises Cuevas named its first bishop. It originated as the Apostolic Prefecture of Calapan in 1936 and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lipa.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Santo Nino Cathedral, in Calapan, Philippines.

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Established
1936
Catholics
931,000
Priests
45
Territory
4,364 km²

Parishes and churches

21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Moises Cuevas

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The cathedral

Santo Nino Cathedral stands in Calapan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Calapan (Latin: Dioecesis Calapanensis). As of 2010, roughly 756,000 of the area's approximately 814,000 inhabitants had been baptized, and the diocese counts six related parishes. Both the episcopal residence and the see itself are found at the Santo Niño Cathedral in Calapan.

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