The Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro is a

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in the western part of

Mindoro Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous island in the Philippines. With a total land area of 10,571 km2 ( 4,082 sq.mi ) and has a population of 1,408,454 as of 2020 census. It is located off the southwestern coast of Luz ...

island in the

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. Its

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is within the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker, in the

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of San Jose.

History

The Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro was created on Jan. 27, 1983, by

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, who appointed the Most Rev. Vicente C. Manuel, SVD as the first Apostolic Vicar. He was ordained bishop on June 29, 1983. The second Vicar Apostolic, Most Rev. Antonio P. Palang, SVD was ordained bishop on May 31, 2002 at Saint Joseph Cathedral. He resigned on March 17, 2018 due to his health condition, and died on April 21, 2021. Bishop William Antonio of the

Diocese of Ilagan The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan (Lat: ''Dioecesis Ilaganensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It was erected on 31 January 1970 from territory of the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuguegarao a ...

is the concurrent Administrator. The Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro comprises the civil province of Occidental Mindoro and its 11 municipalities. Its titular patron is St. Joseph the Worker whose feast is celebrated May 1 in the vicariate, and

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, its secondary patroness, whose feast is celebrated May 13.

Ordinaries

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External links

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