The Roman Catholic Diocese of Masbate (
Latin: ''Dioecesis Masbatensis'') is a
diocese of the
Latin Church of the
Catholic Church in the
Philippines. The seat of the bishop is the
Cathedral Parish of Saint Anthony of Padua along Quezon Street,
Masbate City.
The diocese has experienced no jurisdictional changes and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cáceres. Its
patron is
Saint Anthony of Padua.
History
With the other provinces of Bicol, Masbate once belonged to the
Archdiocese of Cáceres
In 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 provinces were administratively associat ...
. When Cáceres was elevated to the status of an archdiocese on June 29, 1951, Masbate became part of the newly erected
Diocese of Sorsogon
The 'Roman Catholic Diocese of Sorsogon'' (Latin: ''Dioecesis Sorsogonensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was established in 1951 by the Archdiocese of Caceres, and in 1968, the di ...
. Pope
Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
created the Diocese of Masbate on March 23, 1968. It was formally inaugurated on September 25, 1968, with
Msgr. Porfírio Rivera Iligan, a priest from the
Archdiocese of Cáceres
In 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 provinces were administratively associat ...
, as its first bishop.
Ordinaries
Vicars-General
The Vicar-General assists the bishop in the administrative duties over the diocese. The Offices of the Vicar General and the Episcopal Vicars temporarily ceased upon the
vacancy of the
episcopal see
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Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
.
*Very Rev. Msgr. Anacleto Golimlim,
P.A (†)
*Very Rev. Msgr. Arturo Lachica,
H.P (†)
*Very Rev. Msgr. Claro Caluya III,
H.P (1984–2009)
*Very Rev. Msgr. Ismael Misolas,
P.C
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Arts and entertainment
* Player character or playable character, a fictional character controlled by a human player, usually in role-playing games or computer games
* ''Port Charles'', an American daytime TV soap opera
* ...
(2009)
*Very Rev. Fr. Eusebio Llonoso (2011–present)
See also
*
Masbate Cathedral
Masbate Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral-Parish of Saint Anthony of Padua, is the Roman Catholic church located along Quezon Street in Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines. Founded in 1578 by Spanish missionaries, it is presently the ...
*
Catholic Church in the Philippines
Resources
*The 2010–2011 Catholic Directory of the Philippines (published by Claretian Publications for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, 2010)
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