Diocese of Calapan
Calapanen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Calapan, Philippines
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.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 July 1951
- Latin
- Calapanen(sis)
- Patron
- Santo Nino (the Holy Child Jesus)
- Annuario code
- 001000394
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 931,000
- Population
- 1,003,940
- Catholic share
- 92.7%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 20,689
- Extent
- 4,364 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 213
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
- Bishop
- Moises Cuevas
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
Santo Nino Cathedral stands in Calapan, 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 Lipa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lipa.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BoacBoac
- Diocese of GumacaGumaca
- Diocese of InfantaInfanta
- Archdiocese of LipaLipa
- Diocese of LucenaLucena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].