Suffragan diocese Calbayog, Philippines
Diocese of Calbayog
Calbayogan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Calbayog covers Samar in the Eastern Visayas and was erected on April 10, 1910. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Palo and has been led by Bishop Isabelo Caiban Abarquez since 2007.
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- Established
- 1910
- Catholics
- 753,748
- Priests
- 71
- Territory
- 5,069 km²
Parishes and churches
31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sts. Peter and PaulCalbayog City · CathedralView parish
- Holy InfantOquendoView parish
- Holy InfantPagsanghanView parish
- Holy InfantSanto NiñoView parish
- Holy Infant JesusDaramView parish
- Holy TrinityTrinidadView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionMotiongView parish
- Our Lady of SorrowsPinabacdaoView parish
- Our Lady of the AnnunciationCalbayog CityView parish
- Sacred Heart of JesusAlmagroView parish
- St. Anthony of PaduaBagacayView parish
- St. Anthony of PaduaZumarragaView parish
- St. Bartholomew the ApostleCatbaloganView parish
- St. ClareCalbayog CityView parish
- St. Francis of AssisiSilangaView parish
- St. Francis of AssisiTarangnanView parish
- St. Isidore the FarmerMatuginaoView parish
- St. Isidore the FarmerSan JorgeView parish
- St. James the ApostleOsmeñaView parish
- St. James the ApostleSanta MargaritaView parish
- St. James the ApostleTalaloraView parish
- St. JosephSan PolicarpoView parish
- St. Joseph the WorkerHinabanganView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelBaseyView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelGandaraView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelSan SebastianView parish
- St. Paschal BaylonJiabongView parish
- St. Rita of CasiaSanta RitaView parish
- St. Rose of LimaVillarealView parish
- St. Vincent FerrerTinambacanView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Isabelo Caiban Abarquez
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul stands in Calbayog, 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
Calbayog, a city on the western side of Samar province in the Philippines, gives its name to the Diocese of Calbayog, the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory whose episcopal see it holds.