Diocese of Ilagan Dioecesis Ilaganensis Diócesis ti Ilagan Diyosesis ng Ilagan Diócesis de Ilagán | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | Isabela |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tuguegarao |
| Metropolitan | Tuguegarao |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 12,556 km2 (4,848 sq mi)[1] |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2016[1]) 1,557,000[1] 1,247,000[1] (80.1[1]%) |
| Parishes | 39[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 31 January 1970 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel in Gamu, Isabela |
| Co-cathedral | Saint Ferdinand Parish Church in Ilagan City, Isabela (former Cathedral of the Diocese) |
| Patron saint | Saint Ferdinand of Castile, Our Lady of the Visitation of Guibang, and Saint Michael the Archangel |
| Secular priests | 46 (38 diocesan, 8 from religious orders, as of 2017 from Catholic Directory)[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Most Rev. David William V. Antonio, S.Th.D., D.D. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Most Rev. Ricardo L. Baccay, D.D. |
| Vicar General | Msgr. Edmundo "June" Castaneda, VG |
| Website | |
| Official website[dead link] | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan (Lat: Dioecesis Ilaganensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It was erected on 31 January 1970 from territory of the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuguegarao and it covers the entire civil Province of Isabela.[1] It is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.[1]
The diocese has had no jurisdictional changes. The seat of the diocese used to be located in Saint Ferdinand Parish Church in Ilagan City before being transferred to the Gamu Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel) in Gamu, Isabela, in 2013.[2]
David William V. Antonio, S.Th.D., D.D. was installed as the fifth Bishop of Ilagan on February 12, 2019.[3]
