Diocese of Tandag
Tandagen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tandag, Philippines
The Diocese of Tandag is a Latin Church diocese covering Surigao del Sur, erected in 1978 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro. Its bishop since 2018 is Raul B. Dael.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 June 1978
- Latin
- Tandagen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
- Annuario code
- 001003163
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 592,968
- Population
- 752,496
- Catholic share
- 78.8%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 9,123
- Extent
- 4,862 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 122
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
- Raul Dael
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
New Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino stands in Tandag, 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 SurigaoSurigao
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Territory drawn from the Diocese of Surigao formed the Diocese of Tandag (Lat: Dioecesis Tandagensis) at its erection in 1978. A Latin Church see in the Philippines and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, it has seen no jurisdictional changes since. On 26 February 2018 Pope Francis appointed Raul B. Dael, Vicar for the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, as bishop of Tandag, succeeding Nereo P. Odchimar, whose resignation upon reaching the mandatory retirement age the pope had accepted.
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].