Diocese of Dumaguete
Dumagueten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dumaguete, Philippines
The Diocese of Dumaguete is a Latin Church diocese covering Negros Oriental in the Philippines. Created by Pope Pius XII in 1955, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 April 1955
- Latin
- Dumagueten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Annuario code
- 001001330
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,384,701
- Population
- 1,567,113
- Catholic share
- 88.4%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 15,735
- Extent
- 4,955 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 279
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
- Julito Buhisan Cortes
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 St. Catherine of Alexandria stands in Dumaguete, 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 Cebu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cebu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CebuCebu
- Diocese of MaasinMaasin
- Diocese of TagbilaranTagbilaran
- Diocese of TalibonTalibon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The provinces of Negros Oriental and Siquijor form the territory of the Diocese of Dumaguete (Latin: Dioecesis Dumaguetensis; Filipino: Diyosesis ng Dumaguete; Cebuano: Diyosesis sa Dumaguete; Spanish: Diócesis de Dumaguete), a Latin Church diocese in the Philippines, though the municipalities of La Libertad and Vallehermoso and the cities of Guihulngan and Canlaon are excluded. The diocese has its seat at the Cathedral of St.
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].