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Suffragan territorial prelature Isabela, Philippines

Diocese of Isabela

Isabellapolitan(us)

The Territorial Prelature of Isabela comprises the province of Basilan in the Philippines, an area with a Muslim-majority population. Established in 1963 from the Archdiocese of Zamboanga, it is a suffragan of Zamboanga.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Isabel de Portugal, in Isabela, Philippines.

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Established
1963
Catholics
131,560
Priests
11
Territory
1,359 km²

Parishes and churches

10 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Leo Dalmao

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Isabel de Portugal stands in Isabela, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In the province of Basilan, taking in its component cities of Isabela and Lamitan, lies the Territorial Prelature of Isabela de Basilan, often called simply the Territorial Prelature of Isabela (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Isabellapolitana). It is a Latin Catholic territorial prelature within the ecclesiastical province of Zamboanga in the Philippines.