Roman Catholic Diocese of Calbayog

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Calbayog is an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church named after its episcopal see, Calbayog City, a city on the western side of the province of Samar in the Philippines.

History

Samar and Leyte, two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines, which include the islands of Balicuatro, Batac, Biliran, Capul, Daram, Homonhon, Leyte, Manicani, Panaon, Samar and several smaller islands, make up the diocese of Calbayog, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila. The diocesan seat Calbayog has a cathedral dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.

The first Jesuit missionaries reached Leyte and Samar in 1595, the islands subsequently forming part of the Diocese of Cebu until erected into a separate diocese on 10 April 1910. The first bishop was the Rt. Rev. Pablo Singzon de la Anunciacion.

It was transferred to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Palo, which was promoted to a Metropolitan Archdiocese on November 15, 1982.

Sources and references

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.  Sámar and Leyte
• GigaCatholic

External links

• diocesan website, in English