- Source: Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo
The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction that cover the Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces in southern Philippines.
It is directly exempt to the Holy See, specifically to the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and is not part of any ecclesiastical province. However, for the purpose of apostolic cooperation, it is 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, 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.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Sulu (1954-1958)
Apostolic Vicars of Jolo (1958-present)
References
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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- Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo
- Jolo Cathedral
- Apostolic prefecture
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- Catholic Church in the Philippines
- List of Catholic dioceses of Asia
- List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines
- Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zamboanga
- List of Catholic bishops in the Philippines
