Diocese of Maasin
Maasinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Maasin, Philippines
The Diocese of Maasin is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Cebu, covering Southern Leyte. Erected in 1968, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Maasin City.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 March 1968
- Latin
- Maasinen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001002084
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 706,966
- Population
- 741,781
- Catholic share
- 95.3%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 6,201
- Extent
- 2,505 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 282
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
- Precioso Cantillas
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 of the Assumption stands in Maasin, 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 DumagueteDumaguete
- Diocese of TagbilaranTagbilaran
- Diocese of TalibonTalibon
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The province of Southern Leyte and six municipalities of Leyte belong to the Diocese of Maasin (Latin: Dioecesis Maasinensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Erected in 1968 from the Archdiocese of Palo, it has undergone no jurisdictional changes and stands today as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu. Precioso Cantillas, appointed in 1998, serves as its current bishop.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Diocesan Curia, Asuncion, Maasin, 6600 Southern Leyte, Philippines
- Telephone
- 917.8754.839; fax [053]570-9215
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].