Territorial Prelature of Infanta
- Territorial Prelature of Infanta
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Territorial Prelature
name= Infanta
latin= Territorialis Praelatura Infantensis
country= Philippines| metropolitan=Lipa
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Cathedral of Infant Jesus of Prague and St. Mark the Evangelist
cocathedral =
area= 7,189
population= 445,938
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 387,966
catholics_percent= 87.0
bishop= Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Territorial Prelature of Infanta {Latin: " Territorialis Praelatura Infanten(sis)"} is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Infanta, Quezon, in the Ecclesiastical province of Lipa in the Philippines.
History
* April 25, 1950: Established as the Territorial Prelature of Infanta from the Diocese of Lipa
Leadership
* Prelates of Infanta (Roman rite)
** Bishop Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. (June 28, 2003 – present)
** Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, O.C.D. (July 26, 1966 – June 28, 2003)
** Bishop Patrick Shanley, O.C.D. (February 17, 1953 – 1960)
References
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/infa0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dinfa.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.cbcponline.net/infanta/ Prelature website ]
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