Diocese of Surigao
Surigen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Surigao, Philippines
The Diocese of Surigao covers the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands and was erected in 1939. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 June 1939
- Latin
- Surigen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Nicholas of Tolentino
- Annuario code
- 001003130
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 505,000
- Population
- 601,000
- Catholic share
- 84.0%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 12,317
- Extent
- 3,739 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 135
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
- Antonieto Cabajog
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 San Nicholas of Tolentino stands in Surigao, 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 ProsperidadProsperidad
- Diocese of TandagTandag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Counted among the older ecclesiastical territories of the Philippines, the Diocese of Surigao (Lat: Dioecesis Surigensis) was erected in 1939 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, of which it remains a suffragan. A further division came in 1978, when the Diocese of Tandag was split off. Its jurisdiction covers the two provinces of Surigao del Norte and the Dinagat Islands. The current bishop, Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog, was appointed on July 24, 2001.
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].