The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surigao (Lat: ''Dioecesis Surigensis'') is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

of the

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of the

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in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. Erected in 1939, the diocese is one of the older ecclesiastical territories in the Philippines. The diocese was split off from the

Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Cagayana'') is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a metropolitan see on the island of Mindanao, which comprises the civil provinces of Misami ...

. In 1978, the diocese was subdivided, and the

Diocese of Tandag The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tandag (Lat: ''Dioecesis Tandagensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Erected in 1978, the diocese was created from territory in the Diocese of Surigao. The dio ...

was split off. The diocese is a suffragan of the

. The current bishop is Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog who was appointed on July 24, 2001. The jurisdiction of this diocese are the two provinces of

Surigao del Norte Surigao del Norte ( Surigaonon: ''Probinsya nan Surigao del Norte''; ceb, Amihanang Surigao; Tagalog: ''Hilagang Surigao''), officially the Province of Surigao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region of Mindanao. ...

and

Dinagat Islands Dinagat Islands (Cebuano language, Cebuano: ''Mga Pulo sa Dinagat''; Surigaonon language, Surigaonon: ''Mga Puyo nan Dinagat''; Kabalian language, Kabalian: ''Mga Puyo san Dinagat''; Waray language, Waray: ''Mga Purô han Dinagat''; Filipino lang ...

Coat of arms

These arms show in the chief a star for Saint Nicholas of Tolentiono, the patron saint of the diocese. The three golden balls are Spanish doubloons and refer to the richness of the area, as there have been some gold mines in the diocese. Thebase shows a fishing boat, referring to the main source of income for the area.

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Diocese of Surigao
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