Archdiocese of Capiz
Capicen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Capiz, Philippines
The Archdiocese of Capiz covers the entire province of Capiz on Panay island in the Western Visayas, with its see in Roxas City. Erected as a diocese in 1951 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1976, it has Kalibo and Romblon as suffragans and has been led by Archbishop Victor Bendico since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 January 1951
- Latin
- Capicen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001051
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 823,825
- Population
- 908,000
- Catholic share
- 90.7%
- Priests
- 113
- Catholics per priest
- 7,290
- Extent
- 2,663 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 309
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
- Victor Bendico
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
Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral stands in Capiz, 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 Capiz
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KaliboKalibo
- Diocese of RomblonRomblon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its see in Roxas City, the Archdiocese of Capiz is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, taking in the whole province of Capiz on the island of Panay in the central Visayas. Its ecclesiastical province includes two suffragan sees: Kalibo, responsible for the province of Aklan, and Romblon, responsible for the province bearing that name. Victor Barnuevo Bendico, installed on May 3, 2023, is the current archbishop.
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].