Archdiocese of Capiz

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capiz is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Capiz is the Archdiocese in the Province of Capiz, on the island of Visayas.

1 History
2 Address
3 Archbishop
4 Reference

[edit] History

Was carved out from the Archdiocese of Jaro - the Diocese of Capiz was erected on 27 January 1951 for the whole civil province of Capiz and Roxas City and has Kalibo and Romblon as suffragans. The Archdiocese comprises the following diocese: Kalibo, Romblon. On 17 January 1976 Pope Paul VI elevated the Diocese of Capiz into an Archdiocese.

[edit] Address

The office of the Archdiocese of Capiz is currently located at Chancery Office, P.O. Box 44, 5800 Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines.

[edit] Archbishop

the Current Archbishop is Most Rev. Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo.

[edit] Reference


	Metropolitan Sees of the Philippines
Archdiocese of Caceres \| Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro \| Archdiocese of Capiz \| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu \| Archdiocese of Cotabato \| Archdiocese of Davao \| Archdiocese of Jaro \| Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan \| Archdiocese of Lipa \| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila \| Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia \| Archdiocese of Ozamis \| Archdiocese of Palo \| Archdiocese of San Fernando \| Archdiocese of Tuguegarao \| Archdiocese of Zamboanga \| Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines \| Military Ordinariate of the Philippines