The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catarman (Lat: ''Dioecesis Catarmaniensis'') is a
Roman Rite
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diocese
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 associ ...
of the
Latin Church
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of the
Catholic Church
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in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
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.
Erected in 1974, the diocese is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Palo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo is a large administrative diocese of the Catholic Church in the town of Palo in Leyte province, Philippines. It was formed as a diocese on the 28th of November, 1937, and became an archdiocese in 1982, wit ...
and has experienced no jurisdictional changes since its establishment.
The current bishop is
Emmanuel Trance, the diocese's
coadjutor bishop
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before automatically succeeding Angel Hobayan due to the latter's retirement in 2005.
Trance hails from
Calinog
Calinog, officially the Municipality of Calinog ( hil, Banwa sang Calinog, krj, Banwa kang Calinog, tgl, Bayan ng Calinog), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population o ...
,
Iloilo
Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...
under the
Archdiocese of Jaro
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church headquartered in Jaro, Iloilo City, the Philippines. It is based with the Jaro Cathedral (officially the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, also the ...
.
Ordinaries
See also
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Catholic Church in the Philippines
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References
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Catarman
Catarman
Religion in Northern Samar