| Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Pricesa | |
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Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | Palawan |
| Metropolitan | Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2007) 588,571 416,336 (70%) |
| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1955 |
| Cathedral | Immaculate Conception |
| Secular priests | 43 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | Pedro D. Arigo |
| Vicars General | Father Jesus G. delos Reyes |
| Map | |
| Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariates in the Philippines.PNG Map of the Philippines showing the different apostolic vicariates. |
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| Source of statistics: "Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa". Diocesan Directory. UCANews. http://www.ucanews.com/diocesan-directory/html/dps-pr_puerto_princesa.php. Retrieved 28 November 2011. | |
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa is an apostolic vicariate in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, the Philippines. As an apostolic vicariate in the Catholic Church hierarchy, it operates like a diocese and is headed by a bishop. Its cathedral is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish in Puerto Princesa.
The current bishop is Pedro D. Arigo. There have been two previous bishops, Gregorio Espiga Y Infante, OAR (1953-1987) and Francisco C. San Diego, D.D. (1987-1995).[1]
The Catholic Church in the Philippines is organized into 72 dioceses in 16 Ecclesiastical Provinces, as well as 7 Apostolic Vicariates and a Military Ordinariate.
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