Diocese of Catarman
Catarmanien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Catarman, Philippines
The Diocese of Catarman covers Northern Samar in the Eastern Visayas and was erected in 1975. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Palo, with Bishop Nolly Camingue Buco installed in January 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 1974
- Latin
- Catarmanien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Annunciation
- Annuario code
- 001001083
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 625,384
- Population
- 666,659
- Catholic share
- 93.8%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 12,262
- Extent
- 3,498 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 179
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
- Nolly Buco
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation stands in Catarman, 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 Palo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BoronganBorongan
- Diocese of CalbayogCalbayog
- Diocese of NavalNaval
- Archdiocese of PaloPalo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Catarman (Latin: Dioecesis Catarmaniensis), a Latin Church jurisdiction in the Philippines, was erected in 1974 as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu. When Palo was elevated in 1982, Catarman passed to the new archdiocese as one of its suffragans. Its boundaries have remained unchanged since the diocese was founded.
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].