Diocese of Digos
Digosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Digos, Philippines
The Diocese of Digos covers Davao del Sur on Mindanao and was erected in 1979 from territory of the Archdiocese of Davao, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Guillermo Afable has led the see since 2003.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 November 1979
- Latin
- Digosen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Isidore the Laborer
- Annuario code
- 001001302
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 830,000
- Population
- 1,215,000
- Catholic share
- 68.3%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 24,412
- Extent
- 4,327 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 192
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
- Guillermo Dela Vega Afable
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 Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of Grace stands in Digos, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Davao.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DavaoDavao
- Diocese of MatiMati
- Diocese of TagumTagum
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Carved in 1979 from territory of the Archdiocese of Davao, the Diocese of Digos (Latin: Dioecesis Digosensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Philippines that remains a suffragan of that archdiocese, its boundaries unaltered since its founding. The two provinces of Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental lie within its jurisdiction. Guillermo Dela Vega Afable, appointed in 2003, is the current bishop.
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].