• Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan

The Diocese of Kalookan is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Metro Manila, Philippines which comprises Malabon, Navotas, and the southern portion of Caloocan.




History


The Diocese was created by Pope John Paul II on June 28, 2003 through his apostolic letter Quoniam Quaelibet. The diocese was canonically erected on August 22, 2003, with the installation of its first bishop, Deogracias S. Iñiguez, then Bishop of Iba, Zambales. Upon Iñiguez's resignation on January 25, 2013, Antipolo Auxiliary Bishop Francisco M. De Leon was named Apostolic Administrator of the diocese. On October 14, 2015, Pope Francis named Pablo Virgilio S. David, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of San Fernando in Pampanga, as the second bishop of Kalookan and installed on January 2, 2016.




Statistics


As of 2021, there are approximately 1,330,840 people in the diocese, with ~89% of them (~1,184,000) being baptized Catholics, and there are 76 priests (40 diocesan and 36 religious) serving 31 parishes. The average number of baptisms in a year between the years 2003-05 was 680. The two prominent Christian religions in the diocese next to Catholicism are the Philippine Independent Church (IFI, Aglipayan) and Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ).




Ordinaries






See also


Catholic Church in the Philippines




External links


Media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan at Wikimedia Commons
Dioecesis Kalookana Catholic-Hierarchy.org




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Novaliches
• Caloocan Cathedral
• Caloocan
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• List of Catholic dioceses of Asia
• Malabon
• San Bartolome Church (Malabon)
• Outline of Metro Manila