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Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo Vicariatus Apostolicus Ioloensis [1] | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Territory | Sulu and Tawi-Tawi [1] |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,687.8 km2 (1,037.8 sq mi) [1] |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,374,259 19,240 [2] (1%) |
Parishes | 5 [1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 October 1953 [1] |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Secular priests | 12 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Vicar Apostolic | Charlie Malapitan Inzon |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction that cover the Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces in southern Philippines.
It is directly exempt to the Holy See, specifically to the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and is not part of any ecclesiastical province. However, for the purpose of apostolic cooperation, it is sometimes grouped with the Archdiocese of Zamboanga.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in Jolo, Sulu, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Established on 28 October 1953 as Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu, [1] of territory split off from the then Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu (now Archdiocese of Cotabato).
Promoted and renamed after its see on 12 July 1958 as Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, led by a titular bishop. [1]
Name | Period in office | |
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1. | Fr. Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I. | 1954 –July 12, 1958 |
Name | Period in office | Status | |
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1. | Bishop Francis Joseph McSorley, O.M.I. | July 12, 1958 –November 20, 1970+ | Died in office |
2. | Bishop Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I. | June 26, 1972 –April 11, 1979 | Transferred to Cotabato |
3. | Bishop George Eli Dion, O.M.I. | January 28, 1980 –October 11, 1991 | Resign |
4. | Bishop Benjamin D. de Jesus, O.M.I. | October 11, 1991 –February 04, 1997 | Died in office |
5. | Bishop Angelito R. Lampon, O.M.I. | November 21, 1997 –November 06, 2018 | Transferred to Cotabato |
– | Fr. Romeo S. Saniel, O.M.I. | December 16, 2018 –April 04, 2020 | Apostolic Administrator |
6. | Bishop Charlie M. Inzon, O.M.I. | April 04, 2020 –present |
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