Diocese of Mati
Matien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mati, Philippines
The Diocese of Mati is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Davao, covering Davao Oriental. Erected in 1984 from the Diocese of Tagum, its seat is the Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino in Mati.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 February 1984
- Latin
- Matien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas of Tolentine (San Nicolas de Tolentino)
- Annuario code
- 001002188
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 369,160
- Population
- 576,343
- Catholic share
- 64.1%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 9,715
- Extent
- 5,164 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 71
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
- Abel Apigo
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 San Nicolas de Tolentino stands in Mati, 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 DigosDigos
- Diocese of TagumTagum
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].