Diocese of Prosperidad
Prosperitaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Prosperidad, Philippines
The Diocese of Prosperidad is a Latin Church diocese covering Agusan del Sur, erected on October 15, 2024 from the Diocese of Butuan as the Philippines' 87th diocese. Its first bishop, Ruben Caballero Labajo, took possession on January 28, 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 October 2024
- Latin
- Prosperitaten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001005127
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 486,251
- Population
- 739,367
- Catholic share
- 65.8%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 15,195
- Extent
- 9,989 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 49
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
- Ruben Caballero Labajo
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 of St. Michael stands in Prosperidad, 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 Cagayan de Oro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ButuanButuan
- Archdiocese of Cagayan de OroCagayan de Oro
- Diocese of MalaybalayMalaybalay
- Diocese of SurigaoSurigao
- Diocese of TandagTandag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among the youngest Latin Church jurisdictions in the Philippines, the Diocese of Prosperidad was created on October 15, 2024. Its territory takes in the province of Agusan del Sur.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- . . . . ., Philippines
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].