Diocese of Tagbilaran

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Diocese of Tagbilaran

Dioecesis Tagbilaranus

Diyosesis sa Tagbilaran
Catholic
Saint Joseph Cathedral Tagbilaran (JA Clarin, Tagbilaran, Bohol; 01-09-2023).jpg
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran.svg
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
TerritoryWestern Bohol (Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Calape, Catigbian, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Dimiao, Garcia Hernandez, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sagbayan, San Isidro, Sevilla, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Tubigon, Valencia)
Ecclesiastical province Cebu
Metropolitan Cebu
Deaneries 8
Coordinates 9°38′22″N123°51′21″E / 9.63945°N 123.85589°E / 9.63945; 123.85589
Statistics
Area1,734 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 1,079,000
  • 831,000 [1]  (77%)
Parishes58
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedNovember 8, 1941;83 years ago (November 8, 1941)
Cathedral Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral-Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker
Patron saint Saint Joseph
Saint Roch
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Alberto Sy Uy
Apostolic Administrator Alberto Sy Uy
Bishops emeritusLeonardo Y. Medroso
(Bishop; 2006–2017)
Alberto S. Uy
(Bishop; 2017–2025)

The Diocese of Tagbilaran is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, headquartered in Tagbilaran, Bohol. It is one of two dioceses in the province of Bohol, the other being the Diocese of Talibon. Both dioceses are suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cebu. The diocese was established on November 8, 1941.

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History

Former Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran (as illustrated in Philippine Studies) Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran (1951).svg
Former Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran (as illustrated in Philippine Studies)

The Diocese of Tagbilaran was created on November 8, 1941 and made a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu by the apostolic constitution In sublimi Petri cathedra. [2] But due to the complications caused by World War II, its first bishop, Julio Rosales, a priest of the Diocese of Palo took possession of the diocese after his episcopal consecration five years after Tagbilaran's erection.

On January 9, 1986, the diocese lost half of its territory after Pope John Paul II created the Diocese of Talibon, with its seat in Talibon, a major town on the northern coast of the island. [3] The Diocese of Talibon absorbed half of the civil province of Bohol.

Bishops of Tagbilaran

No.BishopPeriod in officeNotesCoat of arms
1 Julio Rosales.jpg Julio Rosales June 22, 1946 – December 17, 1949
(3 years, 178 days)
Appointed Archbishop of Cebu Coat of arms of Julio Rosales y Ras as Bishop of Tagbilaran.svg
2 Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran (1951).svg Manuel M. MascariñasNovember 12, 1951 – July 3, 1976
(24 years, 234 days)
Retired from office Coat of arms of Manuel Mascarinas y Morgia.svg
3 Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran (1951).svg Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo July 3, 1976 – June 18, 1986
(9 years, 350 days)
Appointed Archbishop of Capiz Coat of arms of Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo as Bishop of Tagbilaran.svg
4 His Excellency, the Most Reverend Felix Zafra.png Felix S. Zafra December 2, 1986 – April 21, 1992
(5 years, 141 days)
Retired from office Coat of arms of Felix Sanchez Zafra as Bishop of Tagbilaran.svg
5 Leopoldo S. Tumulak.jpg Leopoldo S. Tumulak November 28, 1992 – January 15, 2005
(12 years, 48 days)
Appointed Military Ordinary of the Philippines Coat of arms of Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak as Bishop of Tagbilaran.svg
6 Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran.svg Leonardo Y. MedrosoDecember 14, 2006 – October 13, 2016
(9 years, 304 days)
Retired from office Coat of arms of Leonardo Yuzon Medroso as Bishop of Tagbilaran.svg
7 Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran.svg Alberto S. Uy January 6, 2017 – July 16, 2025
(8 years, 191 days)
Appointed Archbishop of Cebu Coat of arms of Alberto Sy Uy.svg

See also

References

  1. "Tagbilaran (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  2. Pope Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Tagbilaran In sublimi Petri cathedra (8 November 1941), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 34 (1942), 25-27. Ab archidioecesi Nominis Iesu, seu Cæbuana, territorii pars distrahitur , ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis «Tagbilarana » nuncupanda eidem archidioecesi Cæbuanæ suffraganea
  3. Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Talibon Apostolica Sedes (9 January 1986), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 78 (1986), 593-595. Quibusdam locis a dioecesi Tagbilarana distractis nova conditur dioecesis nomine Talibonensis