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Metropolitan see Palo, Philippines

Archdiocese of Palo

Palen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Palo is a Latin Church metropolitan see covering most of Leyte province, erected as a diocese in 1937 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1982. Its see is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration in Palo.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, in Palo, Philippines.

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Established
1937
Catholics
1,520,000
Priests
149
Territory
4,620 km²

Parishes and churches

75 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

Archbishop
John F. Du
Born
18 October 1954
Birthplace
Bantayan

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The cathedral

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration stands in Palo, 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

Formed as a diocese on November 28, 1937, and raised to an archdiocese in 1982, the Archdiocese of Palo is a large administrative Latin Catholic see in the town of Palo, with the dioceses of Calbayog, Borongan, Catarman and Naval serving as its suffragans. Its territory spans 4,620 km2 (1,780 sq mi) and holds an overwhelmingly Catholic population of 1,165,565. Two districts, Eastern and Western, divide the archdiocese along the lines of its two languages, Waray and Cebuano.