Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique

Diocese of San Jose de Antique Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia Diosesis kang San Jose de Antique
Arms of the diocese
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Antique
Ecclesiastical province	Jaro
Metropolitan	Jaro
Statistics
Area	2,552 km^2 (985 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 574,000 405,000 (70.6%)
Parishes	25
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 June 1962
Cathedral	Saint Joseph Cathedral in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Secular priests	53
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jose Romeo Lazo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Angel Lagdameo
Vicar General	Anrunico Elemento
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique (Lat: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church centered in the city of San Jose de Buenavista, Antique in the Philippines.

Erected on 18 June 1962 as the Territorial Prelature of San Jose de Antique, the territorial prelate was separated from the Archdiocese of Jaro. It comprises the whole province of Antique.

On 15 November 1982, the prelature was elevated to a diocese, and became suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jaro.

Currently, the local ordinary is the Most Reverend Jose Romeo O. Lazo, D.D.

List of Local Ordinaries

• Cornelius de Wit, M.H.M. † (12 Apr 1962 Appointed - 9 Aug 1982 Resigned)
• Raul José Quimpo Martirez (5 Jan 1983 Appointed - 16 Mar 2002 Resigned)
• Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz (16 Mar 2002 Succeeded - 14 May 2008 Appointed, Bishop of Kidapawan, now [Archbishop of Zamboanga])
• Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo (21 July 2009 – present)

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines

References