The Diocese of Tagbilaran is one of the 72 ecclesiastical territories called

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of the

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in the

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. It is one of 2 dioceses in the province of

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and is part of the ecclesiastical province of the Cebu. The Diocese of Tagbilaran was established on November 8, 1941.

History

Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tagbilaran JSTOR version

The Diocese of Tagbilaran was created on November 8, 1941 and made a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Cebu The Archdiocese of Cebu (more formally the Archdiocese of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Cebu; ; ; ; ) is a Roman Rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and one of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Catholic Church in the cou ...

by the apostolic constitution ''In sublimi Petri cathedra''. But due to the complications caused by World War II, its first bishop, Julio Rosales, a priest of the Diocese of Palo took possession of the diocese after his episcopal consecration 5 years after Tagbilaran's erection. On January 9, 1986, the diocese lost half of its territory and

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created the Diocese of Talibon with seat in

Talibon Talibon, officially the Municipality of Talibon ( ceb, Lungsod sa Talibon; tgl, Bayan ng Talibon), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,272 people. It is lo ...

, a major town on the northern coast of the island. The Diocese of Talibon absorbed half of the civil province of Bohol. The Cathedral of the Diocese of Tagbilaran was declared as a Diocesan Shrine and it will be called “Cathedral Shrine – Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker”.

Bishops of Tagbilaran

References

External links

The official Website of Tagbilaran Diocese

Diocesan Commission on Youth-Diocese of Tagbilaran
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Tagbilaran Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 104,976 people. Encompassing a la ...

Tagbilaran Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religion in Bohol

History

Bishops of Tagbilaran

See also

References

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