Diocese of Puerto Princesa
Portus Principis in Philippinis
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Puerto Princesa is a Latin Church apostolic vicariate (not a diocese) covering southern Palawan, elevated from an apostolic prefecture in 1955. It is immediately subject to the Holy See, with its see at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral and led by Vicar Apostolic Socrates C. Mesiona.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 March 2002
- Latin
- Portus Principis in Philippinis
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000444
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 536,225
- Population
- 836,615
- Catholic share
- 64.1%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 8,937
- Extent
- 8,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 61
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
- Socrates Mesiona
- Born
- 17 September 1963
- Birthplace
- Tagbilaran
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ MISSIONARIA DELLE FILIPPINE
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
Immaculate Conception Cathedral stands in Puerto Princesa, 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
In the Province of Palawan, the Catholic Church maintains a missionary jurisdiction of the Latin Church, the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa. The vicar's cathedra stands in Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Puerto Princesa City, the episcopal see.
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].