Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan

Diocese of Iligan Dioecesis Iliganensis
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	25 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities of Lanao del Norte (Linamon, Kauswagan, Bacolod, Maigo, Kolambugan, Tubod, Baroy, Lala, Kapatagan, Sapad, Salvador, and Magsaysay)
Metropolitan	Iligan City
Statistics
Area	3,092 km2 (1,194 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of Dec. 31, 2007) 1,428,516 955,511 (65.58%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	February 17, 1971 (Prelature), November 15, 1982 (Diocese)
Cathedral	Saint Michael's Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Michael the Archangel
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Rev. Msgr. Elenito de los Reyes Galido, D.D. (Bishop of Iligan)
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rev. Msgr. Jesus Amentado Dosado, D.D. (Archbishop of Ozamis)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan (Lat: Dioecesis Iliganensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising 25 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities located at the northern half of the Province of Lanao del Norte.

Erected on February 17, 1971 as a territorial prelature out of the newly elevated Diocese of Ozamiz, 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 is a suffragan first to the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro and then later to the Archdiocese of Ozamiz after its elevation on January 24, 1983.

The current bishop is Elenito de los Reyes Galido, appointed in 2006. Bishop Elenito Galido was a diocesan clergyman from the Diocese of Malaybalay in the province of Bukidnon. He is the fourth bishop of the diocese.

Ordinaries

• Bienvenido Solon Tudtud † (17 Feb 1971 Appointed - 25 Apr 1977 Appointed, Prelate of Marawi)
• Fernando R. Capalla (25 Apr 1977 Appointed - 28 Jun 1994 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Davao)
• Emilio Layon Bataclan (3 May 1995 Appointed - 21 Jun 2004 Resigned)
• Elenito de los Reyes Galido (25 Mar 2006 Appointed - )

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines