Diocese of San Carlos
Sancti Caroli Borromeo
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Carlos, Philippines
The Diocese of San Carlos is a Latin Catholic diocese erected in 1987 from the Diocese of Bacolod, covering portions of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 March 1987
- Latin
- Sancti Caroli Borromeo
- Patron
- St. Charles Borromeo
- Annuario code
- 001002875
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 980,732
- Population
- 1,146,519
- Catholic share
- 85.5%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 13,813
- Extent
- 3,041 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 323
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
- Gerardo Alimane Alminaza
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. Charles Borromeo stands in San Carlos, 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 Jaro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jaro.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BacolodBacolod
- Archdiocese of JaroJaro
- Diocese of KabankalanKabankalan
- Diocese of San Jose de AntiqueSan Jose de Antique
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In 1987 the Diocese of Bacolod was divided, giving rise to the Diocese of San Carlos (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Borromeo) along with the Diocese of Kabankalan. A Latin Church jurisdiction in the Philippines, it belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jaro in Iloilo City. Its cathedral seat is the San Carlos Borromeo Cathedral in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
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].