Archdiocese of Davao
Davaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Davao, Philippines
The Archdiocese of Davao covers Davao City on Mindanao, erected as a diocese in 1966 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1970. Its suffragans are Digos, Mati, and Tagum, and Archbishop Romulo Valles has led the see since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1966
- Latin
- Davaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001281
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,635,540
- Population
- 2,100,285
- Catholic share
- 77.9%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 21,241
- Extent
- 2,443 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 669
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
- Romulo Valles
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 San Pedro Apostol stands in Davao, 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 Davao
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DigosDigos
- Diocese of MatiMati
- Diocese of TagumTagum
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see in southern Mindanao, the Archdiocese of Davao (Latin: Archidioecesis Davaënsis) is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its territory takes in the city of Davao and the Island Garden City of Samal in Davao del Norte, and three suffragan dioceses answer to it: Digos, Tagum, and Mati.
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].