Diocese of Pagadian
Pagadianen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pagadian, Philippines
The Diocese of Pagadian is a Latin Church diocese in Zamboanga del Sur, created in 1971 and a suffragan of Ozamiz. Bishop Ronald Anthony P. Timoner was installed as its fifth bishop following his appointment on April 2, 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 November 1971
- Latin
- Pagadianen(sis)
- Patron
- Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus)
- Annuario code
- 001002510
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,085,000
- Population
- 1,350,000
- Catholic share
- 80.4%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 25,833
- Extent
- 2,860 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 379
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
- Ronald Anthony Timoner
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
Sto. Niño Cathedral stands in Pagadian, 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 Ozamiz
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ozamiz.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OzamizOzamiz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created on November 12, 1971, the Diocese of Pagadian (Latin: Dioecesis Pagadianensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines that began as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga. In January 1995 the municipality of Margosatubig was ceded from the Ipil Prelature to Pagadian, bringing the diocese to its present 24 parishes.
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].