Diocese of Novaliches
Novalichesin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Novaliches, Philippines
The Diocese of Novaliches is a Latin Church diocese established in 2002 from the Archdiocese of Manila, covering northern Caloocan and parts of Quezon City. Its see is the Cathedral-Shrine of the Good Shepherd in Fairview, Quezon City.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 December 2002
- Latin
- Novalichesin(us)
- Patron
- Jesus the Good Shepherd (principal); Our Lady of Mercy
- Annuario code
- 001002418
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,400,000
- Population
- 3,082,257
- Catholic share
- 77.9%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 45,283
- Extent
- 138 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17,391
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
- Roberto Gaa
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-Shrine and Parish of the Good Shepherd stands in Novaliches, 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 Manila
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manila.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AntipoloAntipolo
- Diocese of CubaoCubao
- Diocese of ImusImus
- Diocese of KalookanKalookan
- Diocese of MalolosMalolos
- Archdiocese of ManilaManila
- Diocese of ParañaqueParañaque
- Diocese of PasigPasig
- Diocese of San PabloSan Pablo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
By his Apostolic Constitution Animarum Utilitati of December 7, 2002, Pope John Paul II created the Diocese of Novaliches (Latin: Dioecesis Novalichesina; Filipino: Diyosesis ng Novaliches), which was canonically erected on January 16, 2003 from the Archdiocese of Manila. This Latin Church diocese in the Philippines had earlier existed as the Ecclesiastical District of Quezon City-North, renamed the District of Novaliches in 2002.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado de Novaliches, 2nd floor, Good Shepherd Cathedral, Regalado Avenue Ext., Fairview Park I, 1118 Quezon City, Philippines
- Telephone
- [02]8461-5051; 8461-5074
- [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].