Archdiocese of Agana
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Archdiocese of Agaña Archidioecesis Aganiensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Guam |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ecclesiastical province of Agaña |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 215 sq mi (560 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 155,687 132,494 (85.1%) |
| Parishes | 26 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | March 1, 1911 (105 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop |
Anthony Sablan Apuron, O.F.M. Cap., D.D. (suspended) |
| Coadjutor | Michael Jude Byrnes |
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| Website | |
| http://archagana.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the United States dependency of Guam. The prelate is an archbishop whose cathedral is the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica.
The archdiocese is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC) and of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania, and an observer to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The first Catholic church was established on Guam on June 15, 1668 by Spanish colonizers Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod. Catholics in Guam were part of the Diocese of Cebu, the Philippines. The United States acquired Guam from Spain after the Spanish–American War of 1898. On September 17, 1902, the Apostolic Prefecture of Mariana Islands was established which included Guam.
On March 1, 1911, the Apostolic Vicariate of Guam was canonically erected. On July 4, 1946, territory was added from the suppressed Vicariate Apostolic of Marianne, Caroline, and Marshall Islands.
On October 14, 1965, the Vatican elevated the apostolic vicariate to the Diocese of Agaña, as a suffragan diocese to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco.
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