Suffragan diocese Surigao, Philippines
Diocese of Surigao
Surigen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1939
- Catholics
- 505,000
- Priests
- 41
- Territory
- 3,739 km²
Parishes and churches
32 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
- Antonieto Cabajog
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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.
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.