Diocese of Iligan

Not to be confused with Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan.

Diocese of Iligan Dioecesis Iliganensis Diyosesis sa Iligan Diyosesis ng Iligan
Catholic
Iligan Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Lanao del Norte (Bacolod, Baroy, Iligan City, Kapatagan, Kauswagan, Kolambugan, Lala, Linamon, Magsaysay, Maigo, Salvador, Sapad, Tubod)
Ecclesiastical province	Ozamis
Statistics
Area	3,092 km2 (1,194 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,206,648 715,562 [1]  (59.3%)
Parishes	26
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	February 17, 1971 (Prelature), November 15, 1982 (Diocese)
Cathedral	St. Michael's Cathedral
Patron saint	Michael the Archangel
Secular priests	40
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Jose Ramirez Rapadas, III
Metropolitan Archbishop	Martin Jumoad
Vicar General	Msgr. Rey Pati-an

The Diocese of Iligan (Lat: Dioecesis Iliganensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, comprising 26 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities located at the northern half of the province of Lanao del Norte.

History

Erected on February 17, 1971, as a territorial prelature out of the newly elevated Diocese of Ozamis, it was subdivided on November 20, 1976, to form the new Territorial Prelature of Marawi.

On November 15, 1982, the prelature nullius was elevated to a full diocese and is a suffragan first to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro and then later to the Archdiocese of Ozamis after its elevation on January 24, 1983.

The current bishop is Jose Rapadas III, appointed in 2019. Bishop Rapadas was a diocesan clergyman from the Diocese of Ipil in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. He is the fifth bishop of the Diocese.

Ordinaries

No.		Name	From	Until	Consecrated Bishop	Coat of Arms
1		Bienvenido Solon Tudtud†	February 17, 1971 (Appointed)	April 25, 1977 (Appointed as Prelate of Marawi)
2		Fernando Robles Capalla	April 25, 1977 (Appointed)	June 28, 1994 (Appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Davao)	April 2, 1975
Sede vacante (June 29, 1994 - May 2, 1995)
3		Emilio Layon Bataclan	May 3, 1995 (Appointed)	June 21, 2004 (Resigned)	April 19, 1990
Sede vacante (June 22, 2004 - March 24, 2006)
4		Elenito de los Reyes Galido	March 25, 2006 (Appointed)	December 5, 2017 (Died in office)	September 8, 2006
Sede vacante (December 6, 2017 - June 12, 2019) (Under the care of Severo Cagatan Caermare as the diocesan administrator while serving as bishop of Dipolog.) [2]
5		Jose Ramirez Rapadas III	June 13, 2019 [3] (Appointed)	Incumbent	August 20, 2019

References

1. "Iligan (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
2. Aurelio, Julie M. (December 9, 2017). "Pope Francis appoints Dipolog bishop to oversee Iligan diocese". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved October 5, 2020.
3. Lagarde, Roy (June 14, 2019). "Pope appoints youngest Filipino bishop". Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved October 27, 2020.

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines

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