Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan (Lat: Dioecesis Iliganensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising 25 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities located at the northern half of the Province of Lanao del Norte.

Diocese of Iligan Dioecesis Iliganensis Diyosesis sa Iligan
Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Iligan
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Lanao del Norte (Bacolod, Baroy, Iligan City, Kapatagan, Kauswagan, Kolambugan, Lala, Linamon, Magsaysay, Maigo, Salvador, Sapad, Tubod)
Ecclesiastical province	Ozamiz
Metropolitan	Ozamiz
Statistics
Area	3,092 km^2 (1,194 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2007) 1,428,516 855,511 (56.58%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	February 17, 1971 (Prelature), November 15, 1982 (Diocese)
Cathedral	St. Michael's Cathedral, Iligan City
Patron saint	Saint Michael the Archangel
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Most Rev. Jose Ramirez Rapadas, III DD
Metropolitan Archbishop	Martin Jumoad
Vicar General	Rey Pati-an
Website
Website of the Diocese

Erected on February 17, 1971 as a territorial prelature out of the newly elevated Diocese of Ozamiz, it was subdivided on November 20, 1976 to form the new Territorial Prelature of Marawi.

On November 15, 1982 the prelature nullius was elevated to a full diocese and is a suffragan first to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro and then later to the Archdiocese of Ozamiz after its elevation on January 24, 1983.

The current bishop is Jose Rapadas III, appointed in 2019. Bishop Rapadas was a diocesan clergyman from the Diocese of Ipil in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. He is the fifth bishop of the Diocese

Ordinaries

• Bienvenido Solon Tudtud† (17 Feb 1971 Appointed - 25 Apr 1977 Appointed, Prelate of Marawi)
• Fernando R. Capalla (25 Apr 1977 Appointed - 28 Jun 1994 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Davao)
• Emilio L. Bataclan (3 May 1995 Appointed - 21 Jun 2004 Resigned)
• Elenito de los Reyes Galido† (25 Mar 2006 5 December 2017 Died)
• Severo Cagatan Caermare (6 December 2017 as Apostolic Administrator - 12 June 2019)[1]
• Jose Ramirez Rapadas III (13 June 2019 Appointed)[2]

References

1. Aurelio, Julie M. (9 December 2017). "Pope Francis appoints Dipolog bishop to oversee Iligan diocese". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
2. Lagarde, Roy (14 June 2019). "Pope appoints youngest Filipino bishop". Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines