Apostolic vicariate Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Diocese of Puerto Princesa
Portus Principis in Philippinis
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1955
- Catholics
- 536,225
- Priests
- 60
- Territory
- 8,800 km²
Parishes and churches
31 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
- Bishop
- Socrates Mesiona
- Born
- 17 September 1963
- Birthplace
- Tagbilaran
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ MISSIONARIA DELLE FILIPPINE
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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.