Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Jaro (Saint Elizabeth), Diocese of

JARO (SANT'ELISABETTA), DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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JARO (Saint Elizabeth), Diocese of. - City and diocese on the island of Panay, province of Iloilo, in the Philippine archipelago.

It has an area of approximately 17,579 sq km with 2,345,050 inhabitants, of whom 1,856,035 are Catholics, distributed among 125 parishes, with 135 diocesan priests and 75 regulars, a seminary, 3 male religious communities and 7 female ones (1949).

The diocese was created by Pope Pius IX on 27 May 1865, by splitting off from the diocese of Cebu. The first bishop was the Dominican M. Cuartero y Medina.

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BIBL.: J. P. Mc Closkey, s. v. in Cath. Enc., VIII, pp. 323-324; Enc. Eur. Am., XXVIII, p. 2573.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 568.

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Josi, Enrico. “Jaro (Sant'Elisabetta), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 568. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/jaro-sant-elisabetta-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Jaro (Sant'Elisabetta), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 568. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/jaro-sant-elisabetta-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Jaro (Sant'Elisabetta), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {568},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
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