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Diocese of Surigao

Latin Catholic diocese in the Philippines

Field	Value
jurisdiction	Diocese
border	Catholic
name	Surigao
latin	Dioecesis Surigensis
local	Diyosesis sa Surigao
Diyosesis ng Surigao
image	San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral of Surigao.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Surigao Cathedral
coat	File:Coat of arms of the Diocese of Surigao.svg
coat_size	150px
flag
country	Philippines
territory	Provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands
province	Cagayan de Oro
metropolitan	Cagayan de Oro
coordinates
area_km2	3,739
area_sqmi
population	601,000
population_as_of	2021
catholics	505,000
catholics_percent	84.0
parishes	32
churches
congregations
schools
members
denomination	Catholic Church
sui_iuris_church	Latin Church
rite	Roman Rite
established	June 3, 1939
cathedral	Cathedral of San Nicholas of Tolentino
patron	Nicholas of Tolentino
patron_title
priests	41
pope
bishop	Antonieto Cabajog
bishop_title
metro_archbishop	José A. Cabantan
suffragans
auxiliary_bishops
vicar_general	Tirso N. Alcala
episcopal_vicar	Prescilo P. Iral
archdeacons
headquarters		founded=	dissolved=	language=

Diyosesis ng Surigao

The Diocese of Surigao (Lat: Dioecesis Surigensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

Erected in 1939, the diocese is one of the older ecclesiastical territories in the Philippines. The diocese was split off from the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro. In 1978, the diocese was subdivided, and the Diocese of Tandag was split off.

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

The current bishop is Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog who was appointed on July 24, 2001.

The jurisdiction of this diocese are the two provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands

Coat of arms

These arms show in the chief a star for Saint Nicholas of Tolentiono, the patron saint of the diocese. The three golden balls are Spanish doubloons and refer to the richness of the area, as there have been some gold mines in the diocese. Thebase shows a fishing boat, referring to the main source of income for the area.

Ordinaries

No	Name	In office	Coat of arms
1.	Jan Vrakking, M.S.C.†	May 25, 1940 – December 12, 1953	[[File:Coat of arms of Jan Vrakking.svg	200px	]]
2.	Charles van den Ouwelant, M.S.C. †	March 23, 1955 – 10 January 10, 1973	[[File:Coat of arms of Charles Van den Ouwelant.svg	200px	]]
3.	Miguel Cinches, S.V.D.	January 10, 1973 Appointed – April 21, 2001	[[File:Coat of arms of Miguel Clarete Cinches.svg	200px	]]
4.	Antonieto Cabajog	April 21, 2001 – Present	[[File:Coat of arms of Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog (Surigao).svg	200px	]]

References

"Malaybalay (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org.
"Bishop of Surigao Diocese Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog {{!}} UCA News".
"Surigao Diocese {{!}} Diocese of Surigao Philippines {{!}} Ucanews". ucanews.com.

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