The Diocese of Iligan (Lat: Dioecesis Iliganensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, comprising 26 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities located at the northern half of the province of Lanao del Norte.
History
Erected on February 17, 1971, as a territorial prelature out of the newly elevated Diocese of Ozamis, it was subdivided on November 20, 1976, to form the new Territorial Prelature of Marawi.
On November 15, 1982, the prelature nullius was elevated to a full diocese and a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro and then later to the Archdiocese of Ozamis after the latter's elevation to archdiocese on January 24, 1983.
The current bishop is Jose Rapadas III, appointed in 2019. Bishop Rapadas was a diocesan clergyman from the Diocese of Ipil in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. He is the fifth bishop of the Diocese.
Ordinaries
| No. | Name | From | Until | Consecrated Bishop | Coat of Arms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bienvenido Solon Tudtud† | February 17, 1971 (Appointed) | April 25, 1977 (Appointed as Prelate of Marawi) | |||
| 2 | Fernando Robles Capalla | April 25, 1977 (Appointed) | June 28, 1994 (Appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Davao) | April 2, 1975 | ||
| Sede vacante (June 29, 1994 - May 2, 1995) | ||||||
| 3 | Emilio Layon Bataclan | May 3, 1995 (Appointed) | June 21, 2004 (Resigned) | April 19, 1990 | ||
| Sede vacante (June 22, 2004 - March 24, 2006) | ||||||
| 4 | Elenito de los Reyes Galido | March 25, 2006 (Appointed) | December 5, 2017 (Died in office) | September 8, 2006 | ||
| Sede vacante (December 6, 2017 - June 12, 2019) (Under the care of Severo Cagatan Caermare as the diocesan administrator while serving as bishop of Dipolog.)[1] | ||||||
| 5 | Jose Ramirez Rapadas III | June 13, 2019[2] (Appointed) | Incumbent | August 20, 2019 | ||
References
- 1.Aurelio, Julie M. (December 9, 2017). "Pope Francis appoints Dipolog bishop to oversee Iligan diocese". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- 2.Lagarde, Roy (June 14, 2019). "Pope appoints youngest Filipino bishop". Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 27, 2020.