Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Palos, Diocese of

PALO, DIOCESI DI

By Nicola Kowalsky

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PALOS, Diocese of. - In the Philippine Islands. The apostolic constitution of 28 Nov. 1937 separated the island of Leyte and the adjacent islands from the diocese of Calbayog, in order to constitute the new diocese of P., a suffragan of the archdiocese of the Holy Name of Jesus (Cebu).

It has a population of one million inhabitants, of whom 984,338 are Catholics. It has 55 parishes with 67 secular priests and one seminary; 14 religious in 3 houses and 14 sisters in 6 houses work in the diocese.

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BIBL.: AAS, 30 (1938), pp. 245-48; Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 309.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 664.

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Kowalsky, Nicola. “Palo, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 664. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/palo-diocesi-di.

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Kowalsky, Nicola. “Palo, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 664. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/palo-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Kowalsky, Nicola},
  title     = {Palo, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {664},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/palo-diocesi-di}
}

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