Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Zamboanga, Diocese of

ZAMBOANGA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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ZAMBOANGA, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the department of Cebu on the island of Mindanao (Philippines).

It has an area of 15,990 sq km with a population of 556,813 inhabitants, of whom 283,956 are Catholics; it has 28 parishes served by 13 diocesan priests and 34 regulars; it has 1 seminary, 12 male religious communities and 5 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 461).

The diocese was erected by Pius X with the bull Novas erigere dioeceses of 10 April 1910, as a suffragan of Cagayan. The first bishop was Msgr. Michael O'Doherty. The Cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: AAS, 2 (1910), p. 290; Ph. M. Finegan, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XV, p. 747.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), coll. 1769–1770.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zamboanga, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, coll. 1769–1770. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zamboanga-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zamboanga, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, coll. 1769–1770. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zamboanga-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec12_zamboanga_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Zamboanga, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1769--1770},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zamboanga-diocesi-di}
}

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