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.
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.
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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.