The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic
missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction covering the
Sulu
Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamor ...
and
Tawi-Tawi provinces in southern
Philippines.
It is directly
exempt to the
Holy See, specifically
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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and not part of any
ecclesiastical province, yet for the purpose of apostolic cooperation sometimes grouped with the
Archdiocese of Zamboanga.
Its
cathedral episcopal see is the
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in
Jolo, Sulu,
(BARMM).
History
Established on 28 October 1953 as Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu,
of territory split off from the then
Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu (now diocese of Cotabato).
Promoted and renamed after its see on 12 July 1958 as Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, led by a
titular bishop.
Ordinaries
;Apostolic Prefect of Sulu
* Francis Joseph McSorley (1954 – 1958.07.12)
;Apostolic Vicars of Jolo
* Francis Joseph McSorley (1958.07.12 – death 1970.11.20),
Titular Bishop of
Sozusa in Palæstina (1958.07.12 – 1970.11.20)
* Philip Francis Smith (1972.06.26 – retired 1979.04.11), Titular Bishop of
Lamphua (1972.06.26 – 1980.03.14), later
Coadjutor Bishop
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of
Cotabato
Cotabato or North Cotabato ( hil, Aminhan Cotabato; ceb, Amihanang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pangutaran Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤڠوترن كوتاواتو; fil, Hilagang Cotabato), officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in ...
(Philippines) (1979.04.11 – 1979.11.05), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (1979.11.05 – 1998.05.30)
*
George Eli Dion (1980.01.28 – death 1999.02.12), Titular Bishop of
Caudium
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(1980.01.28 – 1999.02.12)
*
Benjamin de Jesus (1991.10.11 – death 1997.02.04)
*
Angelito Lampon (21 November 1997 – 6 November 2018), Titular Bishop of
Valliposita (1997.11.21 – 2018.11.06), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (2018.11.06 –)
* Romeo Sombilon Saniel (2018.12.16-2020.04.04), Apostolic Administrator
* Charile M.Inzon (2020.04.04-present)
References
External links
Claretian Publications; Apostolic Vicariate of JoloDecree of 28 October 1953- decree establishing the apostolic vicariates of Jolo and Cotabato, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol 46 (1954), pp. 66-67
Apostolic constitution of 12 July 1958- papal bull raising the dignity of the Apostolic Prefecture as the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol 51 (1959), pp. 319-320
Christian organizations established in 1953
Apostolic vicariates
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