Diocese of San Jose de Antique

Diocese of San Jose de Antique Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia Diosesis kang San Jose de Antique Diyosesis ng San Jose de Antique
Catholic
San Jose Cathedral, Antique
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Antique
Ecclesiastical province	Jaro
Metropolitan	Jaro
Coordinates	10°44′36″N121°56′32″E / 10.74347°N 121.94232°E / 10.74347; 121.94232
Statistics
Area	2,552 km2 (985 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2021) 696,200 493,600 [1]  (70.9%)
Parishes	25
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 18, 1962
Cathedral	Saint Joseph Cathedral in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Secular priests	53
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Marvyn A. Maceda
Metropolitan Archbishop	Midyphil Billones
Vicar General	Anrunico Elemento
Statistics from Catholic-Hierarchy.org

The Diocese of San Jose de Antique (Lat: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia) is a diocese of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church whose cathedral is in the municipality of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique in the Philippines. It oversees the entire province of Antique.

History

On June 18, 1962, Pope John XXIII erected the Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique with the Apostolic Constitution "Novae cuiusque Ecclesiae constitutio". The new territorial prelature was separated from the Archdiocese of Jaro comprising the whole province of Antique and became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jaro.

On November 15, 1982, Pope John Paul II elevated San Jose de Antique and other territorial prelatures to the rank of diocese while remaining a suffragan to Jaro.

On January 7, 2019, after a year Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Marvyn Maceda, Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval in Biliran, as the 5th Bishop of San Jose de Antique.

Ordinaries

No	Name	In office	Coat of arms
1.	Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. †	April 12, 1962 (appointed) – August 9, 1982 (resigned)
2.	Raul José Quimpo Martirez	January 5, 1983 (appointed) – March 16, 2002 (resigned)
3.	Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz	March 16, 2002 (succeeded) – May 14, 2008 (appointed Bishop of Kidapawan)
4.	Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo	July 21, 2009 – February 14, 2018 (appointed Archbishop of Jaro)
5.	Marvyn Maceda	January 9, 2019 – present

References

1. "San Jose de Antique (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023.