Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo
Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the Philippines
Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo
Vicariatus Apostolicus Ioloensis
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Country | Philippines |
Territory | Sulu and Tawi-Tawi [1] |
Ecclesiastical province | Directly exempt to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,687.8 km 2 (1,037.8 sq mi) [1] |
Population
- Total - Catholics |
1,706,068 (approx.) [1] 29,446 (approx.) [1] ( 2%) |
Parishes | 5 [1] |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 October 1953 [1] |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Secular priests | 12 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Vicar Apostolic | Charlie Malapitan Inzon |
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction covering the Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces in southern Philippines .
It is directly exempt to the Holy See , specifically Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and not part of any ecclesiastical province , yet for the purpose of apostolic cooperation sometimes grouped with the Archdiocese of Zamboanga .
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel , in Jolo , Sulu, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
History
Established on 28 October 1953 as
Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu
,
[1]
of territory split off from the then
Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu
(now diocese of Cotabato).
Promoted and renamed after its see on 12 July 1958 as Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo , led by a titular bishop . [1]
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Prefect of Sulu
- Francis Joseph McSorley (1954 – 1958.07.12)
- Apostolic Vicars of Jolo
- Francis Joseph McSorley (1958.07.12 – death 1970.11.20), Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina (1958.07.12 – 1970.11.20)
- Philip Francis Smith (1972.06.26 – retired 1979.04.11), Titular Bishop of Lamphua (1972.06.26 – 1980.03.14), later Coadjutor Bishop of Cotabato (Philippines) (1979.04.11 – 1979.11.05), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (1979.11.05 – 1998.05.30)
- George Eli Dion (1980.01.28 – death 1999.02.12), Titular Bishop of Caudium (1980.01.28 – 1999.02.12) [2]
- Benjamin de Jesus (1991.10.11 – death 1997.02.04)
- Angelito Lampon (21 November 1997 – 6 November 2018), Titular Bishop of Valliposita (1997.11.21 – 2018.11.06), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (2018.11.06 –)
- Romeo Sombilon Saniel (2018.12.16-2020.04.04), Apostolic Administrator
- Charile M.Inzon (2020.04.04-present)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo" . Claretian Publications . 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019 . Retrieved 29 March 2019 .
- ↑ "Bishop George Eli Dion [ Catholic-Hierarchy ] " . www.catholic-hierarchy.org . Retrieved 2021-11-08 .
External links
- Claretian Publications; Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo
- GCatholic with incumbent bio links
- Decree of 28 October 1953 - decree establishing the apostolic vicariates of Jolo and Cotabato, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol 46 (1954), pp. 66-67
- Apostolic constitution of 12 July 1958 - papal bull raising the dignity of the Apostolic Prefecture as the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol 51 (1959), pp. 319-320
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