The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian (Lat: Dioecesis Pagadianensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.
Created on November 12, 1971, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz. With the ceding of the municipality of Margosatubig of the Ipil Prelature to the Diocese of Pagadian in January 1995, the diocese now has 24 parishes under its jurisdiction. The catholic Christian population covered by the diocese is now 711,244 that comprises 72% of the total population of the area of about 2,860 square kilometers.
The pastoral structure of the Diocese of Pagadian is organized into three areas of responsibility: consultative, judicial and administrative. Among its educational centers are 1 seminary, 1 college, 16 high schools and 6 pre-schools. The diocese has experienced no jurisdictional changes.
The current bishop is Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar,CSsR, a Redemptorist priest who was appointed on May 14, 2004.His episcopal ordination was on August 14, 2004. He was installed on September 2, 2004 serving the diocese up to the present.
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