The Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan (Latin: ''Vicariatus Apostolicus Calapanensis'') is a

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missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the

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Oriental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro ( tl, Silangang Mindoro), officially the Province of Oriental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located on the island of Mindoro under Mimaropa region in Luzon, about southwest of Manila. The province is bordered by the ...

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. In 2010, 756,000 residents had been baptized out of about 814,000 inhabitants. It is currently headed by Bishop Warlito Itcuas Cajandig. It has six related

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es. The episcopal residence and seat of the vicariate is the Santo Niño Cathedral located in

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. On November 13, 2018,

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has appointed Fr. Nestor Adalia, currently the

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of Calapan, to take the post as apostolic administrator “ad nutum Sanctae Sedis”, meaning “at the disposition of the Holy See” or to take temporary charge of the administration of the Apostolic Vicariate, due to the health condition of Bishop Warlito Cajandig.

History

The Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro was created on July 2, 1936, with territory taken from the

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and

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(both were dioceses then but are archdioceses now). On July 12, 1951, Pope

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, through the papal bull ''Merit ab Apostolic'', elevated the

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to an apostolic vicariate. On December 19, 1974, and January 27, 1983, portions of its territory was lost to the creation of the

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and the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro.

Apostolic Vicars

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, S.V.D. †: December 4, 1936October 26, 1942, martyred *

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, S.V.D. †: June 21, 1946July 12, 1951, resigned *

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, S.V.D. †: July 12, 1951November 26, 1973, resigned * Simeon O. Valerio, S.V.D. †: November 26, 1973September 26, 1988, resigned

References

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Calapan Calapan, officially the City of Calapan ( fil, Lungsod ng Calapan), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 145,786 people. The city ser ...

1936 establishments in the Philippines Churches in Oriental Mindoro Religion in Oriental Mindoro