Diocese of San Jose de Antique Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia Diosesis kang San Jose de Antique Diyosesis ng San Jose de Antique | |
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Arms of the diocese | |
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 |
Information | |
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 | Marvyn A. Maceda |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jose Romeo Lazo |
Vicar General | Anrunico Elemento |
Bishops emeritus | Raul José Martirez Bishop Emeritus (1983–2002) |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique (Lat: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia) is a diocese of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church whose cathedral is in the city of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique in the Philippines.
On 18 June 1962, Pope John XXIII erected the Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique with the Apostolic Constitution "Novae cuiusque Ecclesiae constitutio". The new territorial prelature was separated from the Archdiocese of Jaro comprising the whole province of Antique and became a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jaro.
On 15 November 1982, Pope John Paul II elevated San Jose de Antique and other territorial prelatures to the rank of diocese while remaining a suffragan to Jaro.
On 7 January 2019, after a year Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Marvyn Maceda, Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval in Biliran, as the 5th Bishop of San Jose de Antique
No | Name | In office | Coat of arms |
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1. | Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. † | 12 Apr 1962 Appointed – 9 Aug 1982 Resigned | |
2. | Raul José Quimpo Martirez | 5 Jan 1983 Appointed – 16 Mar 2002 Resigned | |
3. | Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz | 16 Mar 2002 Succeeded – 14 May 2008 appointed Bishop of Kidapawan | |
4. | Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo | 21 July 2009 – 14 February 2018 appointed Archbishop of Jaro | |
5. | Marvyn Maceda | 9 January 2019 - present |