Diocese of Kidapawan
Kidapavanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kidapawan, Philippines
The Diocese of Kidapawan is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Cotabato in the province of Cotabato, Mindanao. Erected as a prelature in 1976 and elevated to a diocese in 1982, it has been led by Bishop Jose Colin M. Bagaforo since 2016. Catholics number about 618,726 as of 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 June 1976
- Latin
- Kidapavanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Mediatrix of All Grace
- Annuario code
- 001001848
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 618,726
- Population
- 1,056,951
- Catholic share
- 58.5%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 14,389
- Extent
- 5,199 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 119
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
- Jose Colin Mendoza Bagaforo
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 Mediatrix of All Grace, Kidapawan stands in Kidapawan, 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 Cotabato
A suffragan of Cotabato.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CotabatoCotabato
- Diocese of MarbelMarbel
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Catholic diocese of the Philippines, the Diocese of Kidapawan (Latin: Dioecesis Kidapavanensis) has its cathedral in Kidapawan City.
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].