Diocese of

Malolos

Philippines

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Malolos / Malolosin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Manila

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 4

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.11.25: Established as Diocese of Malolos / Malolosin(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila and became suffragan of Manila)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.05.14 – ...):

Bishop Dennis Cabanada Villarojo (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Malolos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dennis Cabanada Villarojo (58)
(2019.05.14 – ...)

Bishop of Malolos (Philippines)

Consolamini popule meus

Born:	1967.04.18 (Cebu City, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.08.10

Priest of Cebu (Philippines) (1994.06.10 – 2015.07.03)

Titular Bishop of Gisipa (2015.07.03 – 2019.05.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines) (2015.07.03 – 2019.05.14)

Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) (2019.05.14 – ...)

Bishop Honesto Flores Ongtioco (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.05.12 – 2019.05.14)

Bishop José Francisco Oliveros
(2004.05.14 – 2018.05.11)

Confido in Misericordia Dei

Born:	1946.09.11 (Quezon, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1970.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.20
Died:	2018.05.11 (Malolos, Philippines † 71)

Priest of Lucena (Philippines) (1970.11.28 – 2000.02.02)

Bishop of Boac (Philippines) (2000.02.02 – 2004.05.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Malolos (Philippines) (2003.08.15 – 2004.05.14)

Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) (2004.05.14 – 2018.05.11)

Bishop José Francisco Oliveros
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.08.15 – 2004.05.14)

Bishop Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. (79) (later Archbishop)
(1996.12.14 – 2003.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Caceres (Philippines)

Born:	1946.07.22 (Kawit-Cavite, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1974.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.12.29

Titular Bishop of Vulturara (1994.11.15 – 1996.12.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines) (1994.11.15 – 1996.12.14)

Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) (1996.12.14 – 2003.06.28)

Bishop-Prelate of Infanta (Philippines) (2003.06.28 – 2012.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caceres (Philippines) (2012.09.08 – 2024.02.22)

Bishop Cirilo Reyes Almario
(1977.12.15 – 1996.01.20)

Born:	1931.01.11 (Caridad, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1956.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.10.18
Died:	2016.10.14 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Zaba (1973.08.22 – 1977.12.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) (1973.08.22 – 1977.12.15)

Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) (1977.12.15 – 1996.01.20)

Bishop Manuel Platon Del Rosario
(1961.12.11 – 1977.12.15)

Anima mea pro ovibus

Born:	1915.07.01 (Baao, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1939.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.07.25
Died:	2009.03.23 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Zerta (1955.05.24 – 1958.07.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines) (1955.05.24 – 1958.07.25)

Bishop of Calbayog (Philippines) (1958.07.25 – 1961.12.11)

Bishop of Malolos (Philippines) (1961.12.11 – 1977.12.15)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ricardo Jamin Vidal (later Cardinal) (1971.09.10 – 1973.08.22)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Cirilo Reyes Almario (1973.08.22 – 1977.12.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. (85) (1985.07.03 – 1989.12.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leoncio Leviste Lat (1980.10.30 – 1985)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira (1966.10.17 – 1988.01.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Malolos, Bulacan, Central Luzon
Minor Basilica: Basilica de la Purísima Concepción, Santa Maria, Bulacan, Central Luzon
National Shrine: National Shrine of Divine Mercy, Marilao, Bulacan, Central Luzon
National Shrine: National Shrine of Nuestra Señora de Salambao, Obando, Bulacan, Central Luzon
National Shrine: National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Valenzuela, National Capital Region
National Shrine: National Shrine of St. Anne, Hagonoy, Bulacan, Central Luzon
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (104)

San Fernando (↖), Cabanatuan (↗), Infanta (→), Antipolo (→), Novaliches (↘), Kalookan (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,843 km²

Population: 3,757,226 Catholics (82.1% of 4,577,850 total)

Pastoral Centres: 118 parishes

Personnel: 217 priests (202 diocesan, 15 religious), 166 religious (20 brothers, 146 sisters), 125 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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