Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro

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Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro

Vicariatus Apostolicus Sancti Iosephi in Insulis Philippinis

Bikaryato Apostoliko ng San Jose sa Mindoro
Vicariato Apostolico de San Jose en Mindoro
St. Joseph Cathedral, San Jose, Occ Mindoro.jpg
Coat of arms of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro.svg
Coat of arms
Location
Country Philippines
Territory Occidental Mindoro
Ecclesiastical province Directly Exempt to the Holy See
Metropolitan Lipa
Deaneries 4
Coordinates 12°21′15″N121°04′07″E / 12.35416°N 121.06849°E / 12.35416; 121.06849
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
518,636
392,101 (75.6%)
Parishes20
Schools6
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedJuly 1, 1983
Cathedral Cathedral-Parish of St. Joseph the Worker
Patron saint Joseph the Worker (principal patron)
Our Lady of Fatima (secondary patroness)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Vicar ApostolicPablito Martinez Tagura
Metropolitan Archbishop Gilbert Armea Garcera
Vicar GeneralCarlito M. Dimaano

The Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in the western part of Mindoro island in the Philippines. Its cathedra is within the Cathedral-Parish of St. Joseph the Worker, in the episcopal see of San Jose.

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History

The Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro was created on January 27, 1983, by Pope John Paul II, who appointed Vicente C. Manuel as the first apostolic vicar. Manuel was ordained a bishop on June 29, 1983, in the same year the St. Joseph the Worker Parish was elevated to a cathedral. The second vicar apostolic, Antonio P. Palang, was ordained as bishop on May 31, 2002, at St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral, and was consecrated by Cardinal Gaudencio B. Rosales, Archbishop-Emeritus of Manila and Archbishop-Emeritus of Lipa. He resigned on March 17, 2018, due to his health condition, and died on April 21, 2021. On July 1, 2008, The Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose celebrated its Silver Jubilee (25th) anniversary held at St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral, at which the marker of the cathedral was unveiled and the Eucharistic celebration was blessed by Edward Joseph V. Adams, the Apsotolic Nuncio to the Philippines, together with Antonio P. Palang, Apostolic Vicar of San Jose, and the San Jose clergy. On November 21, 2015 Pope Francis appointed David William V. Antonio (then Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia) as apostolic administrator of the vicariate. The third apostolic vicar, Pablito M. Tagura, was ordained as bishop at the diocesan shrine of Jesus the Divine Word, Christ the King Mission Seminary in Quezon City and was consecrated by Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Discastery for the Evangelization of Peoples, Co-consecrated with Charles John C. Brown, Apsotolic Nuncio to the Philippines and Gilbert A. Garcera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa on February 17, 2023. Newly ordained Bishop Tagura was installed on February 25, 2023, at St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral, which was presided by Charles John C. Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, together with the bishops in the Philippines, Society of the Divine Word and the San Jose clergy. On July 1, 2023, the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose celebrated its 40th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Mass was presided by Gilbert A. Garcera, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa. The anniversary was also celebrated by Pablito M. Tagura, Apostolic Vicar of San Jose, together with the Lipa and San Jose clergy and the enthronement of the Synodal Mission Cross and Our Lady of Caysasay on July 1, 2023, at St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral. The Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro comprises the civil province of Occidental Mindoro and its 11 municipalities. Its titular patron is Saint Joseph the Worker whose feast is celebrated May 1 in the municipality of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro and the vicariate; Our Lady of Fatima, is its secondary patroness, whose feast is celebrated May 13. Today the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose, in Occidental Mindoro it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lipa along with the suffragans of Lipa: Boac, Gumaca, Lucena, Infanta, and Calapan which is from the separated mother Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan.

Ordinaries

BishopPeriod in OfficeCoat of Arms
1. Coat of arms of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro.svg Vicente Credo ManuelMarch 17, 1983 Appointed - October 14, 2000 Resigned Coat of arms of Vicente Credo Manuel.svg
2. Coat of arms of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro.svg Antonio Pepito PalangMarch 25, 2002 - March 17, 2018 Resigned Coat of arms of Antonio Pepito Palang.svg
Sede Vacante - Apostolic AdministratorDavid William Valencia Antonio (Bishop of Ilagan)November 21, 2015 - February 24, 2023
3. Coat of arms of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro.svg Pablito Martinez TaguraFebruary 24, 2023- Current Coat of arms of Pablito Martinez Tagura.svg

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