The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique (Lat: ''Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia'') is a

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of the Roman Rite of the

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of the

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whose

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is in the city of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique in the

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History of the Diocese

On 18 June 1962,

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

erected the Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique with the Apostolic Constitution "''Novae cuiusque Ecclesiae constitutio"''. The new

territorial prelature A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

was separated from the Archdiocese of Jaro comprising the whole province of Antique and became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jaro. On 15 November 1982,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

elevated San Jose de Antique and other territorial prelatures to the rank of diocese while remaining a suffragan to Jaro. On 7 January 2019, after a year Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Marvyn Maceda, Vicar General of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval The Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval (Lat: ''Dioecesis Navaliensis'') is a diocese of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its cathedral is in Naval, Biliran in the Eastern Visayas. Its territory includes ...

Biliran Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran ( Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ceb, Lalawigan sa Biliran; tl, Lalawigan ng Biliran), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII). Biliran is ...

, as the 5th Bishop of San Jose de Antique

Ordinaries

References

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