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Diocese of Talibon
Dioecesis Talibonensis
Diyosesis sa Talibon
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Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Territory | Eastern Bohol (Alicia, Anda, Bien Unido, Buenavista, Candijay, Carmen, Dagohoy, Danao, Duero, Getafe, Guindulman, Inabanga, Jagna, Mabini, Pilar, President Carlos P. Garcia, San Miguel, Sierra Bullones, Talibon, Trinidad, Ubay) |
Ecclesiastical province | Cebu |
Metropolitan | Cebu |
Subdivisions | 7 vicariates |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,243 km2 (866 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 708,761 648,827 (91.5%) |
Parishes | 37 |
Churches | 37 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | January 9, 1986 |
Cathedral | Blessed Trinity Cathedral |
The Holy Trinity | Holy Trinity |
Secular priests | 101 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Patrick Daniel Y. Parcon, D.D. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jose S. Palma |
Vicar General | Msgr. Ignacio H. Reyes |
Episcopal Vicars | Msgr. Jonathan D. Pacudan, Msgr. Bernard Rañoa and Msgr. Ariel Lantaca |
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Diocese of Talibon Official Website |
The Diocese of Talibon is one of the 72 ecclesiastical territories called dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is one of two dioceses in the province of Bohol and part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Cebu. It was created on January 9, 1986, separating half the civil province of Bohol from the Diocese of Tagbilaran.[1] It comprises the northeastern municipalities of Bohol, consisting of coastal municipalities starting from Inabanga in the northwest to Jagna in the southeast and interior municipalities bounded by Carmen and Sierra Bullones. There are 7 vicariates in the diocese comprising 37 parishes and ministered to by 101 priests.[2] There are also 53 religious sisters active in the running of 16 secondary Catholic schools.[1]
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Christian Vicente F. Noel | September 6, 1986-June 3, 2014[3] | ![]() |
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Patrick Daniel Y. Parcon | June 3, 2014 - present | ![]() |
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Cagayan de Oro |
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Capiz |
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Cebu |
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Cotabato |
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Davao |
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Jaro |
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Lingayen-Dagupan |
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Lipa |
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Manila |
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Nueva Segovia |
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Ozamis |
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Palo |
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San Fernando |
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Tuguegarao |
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Zamboanga |
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Apostolic vicariates |
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Military ordinariate |
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