Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian

Diocese of Pagadian Dioecesis Pagadianensis Diyosesis ng Pagadian
Sto. Nino Cathedral in Pagadian City
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Salug Valley Area, Arms Area/Vicariate, PLDTM Area/Vicariate, Vicariate of Baganinan Peninsula Area
Ecclesiastical province	Ozamiz
Metropolitan	Ozamiz
Statistics
Area	2,860 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 992,000 697,000 (70.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	November 12, 1971
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Child in Pagadian
Patron saint	Santo Niño de Cebú
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Emmanuel Cabajar
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jesus Dosado

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian (Lat: Dioecesis Pagadianensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

Created on November 12, 1971, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga. With the ceding of the municipality of Margosatubig of the Ipil Prelature to the Diocese of Pagadian in January 1995, the diocese now has 24 parishes under its jurisdiction. The catholic Christian population covered by the diocese is now 711,244 that comprises 72% of the total population of the area of about 2,860 square kilometers.

The pastoral structure of the Diocese of Pagadian is organized into three areas of responsibility: consultative, judicial and administrative. Among its educational centers are 1 seminary, 1 college, 16 high schools and 6 pre-schools. The diocese has experienced no jurisdictional changes.

The current bishop is Emmanuel T. Cabajar, C.Ss.R, a Redemptorist priest who was appointed on May 14, 2004.His episcopal ordination was on August 14, 2004. He was installed on September 2, 2004 serving the diocese up to the present.

Salug Valley Area

Arms Area/Vicariate

PLDTM Area/Vicariate

Vicariate of Baganinan Peninsula Area