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Suffragan diocese Naval, Philippines

Diocese of Naval

Navalien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Naval is a Latin Church diocese in the Philippines, erected in 1988 from the Archdiocese of Palo. It covers the island of Biliran and four northwestern towns of Leyte, with its see at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Naval.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, in Naval, Philippines.

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Established
1988
Catholics
370,734
Priests
28
Territory
1,005 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Rex Cullingham Ramirez

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The cathedral

Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral stands in Naval, 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.

History

The whole island of Biliran, together with the four towns at the northwestern tip of Leyte Province, forms the territory of the Diocese of Naval (Latin: Dioecesis Navaliensis), a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church in the Philippines with its cathedral at Naval, Biliran in the Eastern Visayas. Erected in 1988 from territory of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo, it remains a suffragan of that archdiocese. Filomeno Bactol served as the first appointed bishop (1988-2017).