The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic

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pre-diocesan jurisdiction covering the Sulu and

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provinces in southern

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. It is directly exempt to the

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, specifically Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and not part of any

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, yet for the purpose of apostolic cooperation sometimes grouped with the

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. Its

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episcopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in

Jolo Jolo ( tsg, Sūg) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has ...

, Sulu, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (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 of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato, Cotabato (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 (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 Jolo

Decree 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 {{Roman Catholic dioceses in the Philippines, state=collapsed