Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Tagbilaran, Diocese of

TAGBILARAN, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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TAGBILARAN, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the province of Bohol in the Philippine Islands.

It has an area of 3,976 sq km with a population of 577,167 inhabitants, of whom 567,122 are Catholics. It has 39 parishes served by 51 diocesan priests and 10 regulars; it has a seminary, 3 male religious communities and 5 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 414).

The diocese was created by Pope Pius XII with the apostolic constitution In sublini of 8 Nov. 1941, as a suffragan of the archdiocese of the Name of Jesus, elevating the church of St. Joseph to the rank and dignity of cathedral.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 34 (1942), pp. 25-27.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1697.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tagbilaran, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1697. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/tagbilaran-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tagbilaran, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1697. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tagbilaran-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Tagbilaran, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1697},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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