The Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval (Lat: ''Dioecesis Navaliensis'') is a

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 associa ...

of the Roman Rite of the

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of the

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in the

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. Its

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is in

Naval, Biliran Naval (IPA: ɐ'val, officially the Municipality of Naval ( war, Bungto han Naval; ceb, Lungsod sa Naval; tl, Bayan ng Naval), is a 2nd class municipality and capital of the province of Biliran, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has ...

in the Eastern Visayas. Its territory includes whole island of

Biliran Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran ( Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ceb, Lalawigan sa Biliran; tl, Lalawigan ng Biliran), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII). Biliran is ...

and the northwestern tip of

Leyte Province Leyte (also Northern Leyte; war, Norte san/Amihanan nga Leyte; Cebuano: ''Amihanang Leyte''; tl, Hilagang Leyte), officially the Province of Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region, occupying the northern ...

. Erected in 1988, the diocese was created from territory of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo, to which the diocese remains a suffragan. The first appointed bishop was Filomeno Bactol (1988–2017). On October 13, 2017, his retirement was accepted by the

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two years after reaching the mandatory age of 75.

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appointed RC. ex Ramirez, a priest from Archdiocese of Palo, as the new bishop of Naval. His episcopal ordination took place at the

Palo Metropolitan Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, also known as Palo Metropolitan Cathedral or simply Palo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church located at Palo, Leyte, in the Philippines belonging to the Vicariate of Palo under the Metr ...

on January 9, 2018. He was canonically installed on January 12, 2018 at Naval Cathedral. Ramirez is the second bishop of the diocese. The Cathedral School of La Naval was established in 1990 AD. It is the first catholic school in the diocese. Marvyn Abrea Maceda, the bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique (Lat: ''Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia'') is a diocese of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church whose cathedral is in the city of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique in the ...

in the Antique province of the Philippines, grew up in the Naval diocese and was a priest of the diocese before becoming the bishop of San Jose.

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