The Diocese of Tagbilaran is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, headquartered in Tagbilaran, Bohol. It is one of two dioceses in the province of Bohol, the other being the Diocese of Talibon. Both dioceses are suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cebu. The diocese was established on November 8, 1941.
Diocese of Tagbilaran Dioecesis Tagbilaranus Diyosesis sa Tagbilaran | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | Western Bohol (Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Calape, Catigbian, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Dimiao, Garcia Hernandez, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sagbayan, San Isidro, Sevilla, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Tubigon, Valencia) |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cebu |
| Metropolitan | Cebu |
| Deaneries | 8 |
| Coordinates | 9°38′22″N 123°51′21″E / 9.63945°N 123.85589°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,734 km2 (670 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,079,000 831,000[1] (77%) |
| Parishes | 58 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | November 8, 1941 |
| Cathedral | Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral-Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker |
| Patron saint | Saint Joseph Saint Roch |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Alberto S. Uy |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jose S. Palma |
| Bishops emeritus | Leonardo Y. Medroso (Bishop; 2006–2017) |
History
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The Diocese of Tagbilaran was created on November 8, 1941 and made a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu by the apostolic constitution In sublimi Petri cathedra.[2] 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 five years after Tagbilaran's erection.
On January 9, 1986, the diocese lost half of its territory after Pope John Paul II created the Diocese of Talibon, with its seat in Talibon, a major town on the northern coast of the island.[3] The Diocese of Talibon absorbed half of the civil province of Bohol.
Bishops of Tagbilaran
edit| No. | Name | From | Until | Consecrated Bishop | Coat of Arms |
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| 1 | Julio Rosales | June 22, 1946 | December 17, 1949 | September 21, 1946 | 
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| 2 | Manuel M. Mascariñas | November 12, 1951 | July 3, 1976 | March 25, 1938 | 
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| 3 | Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo | July 3, 1976 | June 18, 1986 | May 27, 1974 | |
| 4 | Felix S. Zafra | October 20, 1986 | April 21, 1992 | October 22, 1967 | 
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| 5 | Leopoldo S. Tumulak | November 28, 1992 | January 15, 2005 | March 16, 1987 | 
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| 6 | Leonardo Y. Medroso | October 17, 2006 | January 6, 2017 | March 17, 1987 | 
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| 7 | Alberto S. Uy | January 6, 2017 | Present | January 5, 2017 | 
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See also
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edit- ^ "Tagbilaran (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ Pope Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Tagbilaran In sublimi Petri cathedra (8 November 1941), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 34 (1942), 25-27. Ab archidioecesi Nominis Iesu, seu Cæbuana, territorii pars distrahitur , ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis «Tagbilarana » nuncupanda eidem archidioecesi Cæbuanæ suffraganea
- ^ Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Talibon Apostolica Sedes (9 January 1986), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 78 (1986), 593-595. Quibusdam locis a dioecesi Tagbilarana distractis nova conditur dioecesis nomine Talibonensis