Diocese of San Jose de Antique Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia Diosesis kang San Jose de Antique |
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Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Territory | Antique |
Ecclesiastical province | Jaro |
Metropolitan | Jaro |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,552 km2 (985 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 574,000 405,000 (70.6%) |
Parishes | 25 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 18 June 1962 |
Cathedral | Saint Joseph Cathedral in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique |
Patron saint | Saint Joseph |
Secular priests | 53 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jose Romeo Lazo |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Angel Lagdameo |
Vicar General | Anrunico Elemento |
Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique (Lat: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church centered in the city of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique in the Philippines.
Erected on 18 June 1962 as the Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique, the territorial prelate was separated from the Archdiocese of Jaro. It comprises the whole province of Antique.
On 15 November 1982, the prelature was elevated to a diocese, and became suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jaro.
Currently, the local ordinary is the Most Reverend Jose Romeo O. Lazo, D.D.