The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dipolog ( Latin: ''Dioecesis Dipologanae''; Filipino: ''Diyosesis ng Dipolog''; Cebuano: ''Diyosesis sa Dipolog;''

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: ''Diócesis de Dipolog'') is a Roman Rite diocese of the

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of the Catholic Church in the Philippines which comprises the civil province of

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. Erected in 1967 from territory in the

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, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ozamiz. The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral of Our lady of the Most Holy Rosary which is located at the center of the city of

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. The diocese celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2017. Since its creation the diocese has had three bishops. The current bishop is Severo Cagatan Caermare,

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, the first native of the diocese to become its bishop. Coat of arms of the Diocese of Dipolog (1967-2014)

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