Diocese of Dumaguete
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Diocese of Dumaguete Dioecesis Dumaguetensis Diyosesis sa Dumaguete |
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | Provinces of Negros Oriental and Siquijor |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cebu |
| Metropolitan | Cebu |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,955 km2 (1,913 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 1,031,000 942,000 (91.4%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5 April 1955 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Catherine of Alexandria in Dumaguete |
| Patron saint | St. Catherine of Alexandria |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Julito Buhisan Cortes |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jose S. Palma |
| Vicar General | Rev. Msgr. Gamaliel Tulabing, JCD, PC |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete (Lat: Dioecesis Dumaguetensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.
On April 5, 1955 Pope Pius XII created the Dioces e of Dumaguete and appointed the Most Reverend Epifanio B. Surban, D.D. as its first bishop. The diocese then included the Province of Negros Oriental, the Sub-Province of Siquijor, and four municipalities of Negros Occidental.
Negros Oriental occupies the eastern portion of the island of Negros and is part of the Central Visayas Region known as Region VIII. Its western and northern portions connect with the borders of Negros Occidental. It is bounded on the east by the Tañon Strait, on the south by the Mindanao Sea.
Negros Island was subdivided early after its Spanish conquest as there were already settlements there. In 1734 it was unified again into a military district with Iloilo as its base. In 1856 it was raised to a political-military status under Governor Emilio E. Saravia, with Bacolod as the capital. In 1890 it was again subdivided into the two provinces that exist today, and Dumaguete became the capital city of Negros Oriental. It is one of the leading ports in the region.
The Catholic faith was first introduced to the early inhabitants of eastern Negros by the Augustinian Recollect (OAR) friars who established the parish of Tanjay in 1580. Forty years later Dumaguete was created as another parish covering the southern territories and Siquijor, which the Spaniards called Isla de Fuego. Dumaguete was under the territorial jurisdiction of the Diocese of Cebu until 1865, the Diocese of Jaro until 1932 and the Diocese of Bacolod until its creation as a new diocese in 1955. In 1988, the Diocese of San Carlos was created in Negros Occidental which absorbed ten parishes of the Diocese of Dumaguete.
Today the Diocese of Dumaguete includes the civil province of Negros Oriental and the sub-province of Siquijor, excluding the municipalities of La Libertad, Guihulngan, Vallehermoso and Kanlaon City in Negros Oriental. The population covered includes 829,603 persons, 85 per cent of whom are Catholics. It remains a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu, and has for its titular patron St. Catherine of Alexandria whose feast is celebrated November 25.
On August 2, 1989 the Most Reverend Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D. was installed as Second Bishop of the Diocese. Five months later, on January 7, 1990 he convoked the First Diocesan Synod of Dumaguete. This Synod which was held right after and along the path of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines, took place on January 20–25 and November 3–7, 1992. Guided by the common vision of new evangelization toward "Building a Family of Communities in a Pilgrimage of Faith," the Synod clarified the direction that had to be taken, and the corresponding commitments required.
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