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.
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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.
- St. JudeTacloban CityView parish
- St. Mark the EvangelistLideView parish
- St. Matthew the Apostles and EvangelistJaroView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelJavierView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelMahaplagView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelSan MiguelView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelSan MiguelView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelTolosaView parish
- St. Peter the ApostleTelegrafoView parish
- St. Raphael the ArchangelTacloban CityView parish
- St. RochJulitaView parish
- St. Teresa of CalcuttaCastillaView parish
- St. Vincent FerrerAradoView parish
- St. Vincent FerrerCabacunganView parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulOrmoc CityView parish
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.