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Diocese of Tagbilaran Dioecesis Tagbilaranus Diyosesis sa Tagbilaran
Catholic
Tagbilaran Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Western Bohol (Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Calape, Catigbian, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Dimiao, Garcia Hernandez, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sagbayan, San Isidro, Sevilla, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Tubigon, Valencia)
Ecclesiastical province	Cebu
Metropolitan	Cebu
Deaneries	8
Coordinates	9°38′22″N 123°51′21″E / 9.63945°N 123.85589°E / 9.63945; 123.85589
Statistics
Area	1,734 km (670 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,079,000 831,000 (77%)
Parishes	58
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	November 8, 1941
Cathedral	Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral-Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker
Patron saint	Saint Joseph Saint Roch
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Alberto S. Uy
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jose S. Palma
Bishops emeritus	Leonardo Y. Medroso (Bishop; 2006–2017)

The Diocese of Tagbilaran is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, headquartered in Tagbilaran, Bohol. It is one of two dioceses in the province of Bohol, the other being the Diocese of Talibon. Both dioceses are suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cebu. The diocese was established on November 8, 1941.

History

The Diocese of Tagbilaran was created on November 8, 1941 and made a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu by the apostolic constitution In sublimi Petri cathedra. But due to the complications caused by World War II, its first bishop, Julio Rosales, a priest of the Diocese of Palo took possession of the diocese after his episcopal consecration five years after Tagbilaran's erection.

On January 9, 1986, the diocese lost half of its territory after Pope John Paul II created the Diocese of Talibon, with its seat in Talibon, a major town on the northern coast of the island. The Diocese of Talibon absorbed half of the civil province of Bohol.

Bishops of Tagbilaran

No.	Name	From	Until	Consecrated Bishop	Coat of Arms
1	Julio Rosales	June 22, 1946	December 17, 1949	September 21, 1946
2	Manuel M. Mascariñas	November 12, 1951	July 3, 1976	March 25, 1938
3	Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo	July 3, 1976	June 18, 1986	May 27, 1974
4	Felix S. Zafra	October 20, 1986	April 21, 1992	October 22, 1967
5	Leopoldo S. Tumulak	November 28, 1992	January 15, 2005	March 16, 1987
6	Leonardo Y. Medroso	October 17, 2006	January 6, 2017	March 17, 1987
7	Alberto S. Uy	January 6, 2017	Present	January 5, 2017

See also

• Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary
• Singing Priests of Tagbilaran
• List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the Philippines

References

1. "Tagbilaran (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
2. Pope Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Tagbilaran In sublimi Petri cathedra (8 November 1941), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 34 (1942), 25-27. Ab archidioecesi Nominis Iesu, seu Cæbuana, territorii pars distrahitur , ex qua nova erigitur dioecesis «Tagbilarana » nuncupanda eidem archidioecesi Cæbuanæ suffraganea
3. Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Talibon Apostolica Sedes (9 January 1986), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 78 (1986), 593-595. Quibusdam locis a dioecesi Tagbilarana distractis nova conditur dioecesis nomine Talibonensis

External links

• The official Website of Tagbilaran Diocese
• Bishop Leonardo Medroso Blogspot
• Diocesan Commission on Youth-Diocese of Tagbilaran Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Tagbilaran
Dioecesis Tagbilaranus
Territories	Western Bohol (Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Calape, Catigbian, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Dimiao, Garcia Hernandez, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sagbayan, San Isidro, Sevilla, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran, Tubigon, Valencia)
Ordinaries	Julio Rosales Manuel Mascariñas Onesimo Gordoncillo Felix S. Zafra Leopoldo Tumulak Leonardo Y. Medroso Alberto S. Uy
Cathedral	Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral-Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker
Shrines	Diocesan Dauis Loboc Loon Maribojoc
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