Diocese of Butuan, Philippines 🇵🇭

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Butuan / Butuanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cagayan de Oro

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cagayan de Oro (←), Surigao (↑), Tandag (→), Prosperidad (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 9

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1967.03.20: Established as Diocese of Butuan / Butuanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Surigao and became suffragan of Cagayan de Oro)
2024.10.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Prosperidad

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.03.25 – ...):

Bishop Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla (66)

Monsignors (6)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Butuan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cosme Damian Racines Almedilla (66)
(2019.03.25 – ...)

Bishop of Butuan (Philippines)

Pasce oves meas

Born:	1959.09.27 (Capayas, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1987.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.06.25

Priest of Talibon (Philippines) (1987.08.04 – 2019.03.25)

Bishop of Butuan (Philippines) (2019.03.25 – ...)

Archbishop Antonio Javellana Ledesma, S.J. (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2017.10.23 – 2019.03.25)

Bishop Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos
(1995.11.27 – 2017.10.21)

Sic luceat lux vestra in nos

Born:	1943.03.08 (Loon, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1968.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.06.24
Died:	2017.10.21 (San Juan City, Philippines † 74)

Titular Bishop of Zaba (1985.04.29 – 1987.02.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines) (1985.04.29 – 1987.02.03)

Bishop of Kidapawan (Philippines) (1987.02.03 – 1995.11.27)

Bishop of Butuan (Philippines) (1995.11.27 – 2017.10.21)

Bishop Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos (later Archbishop)
(1967.04.04 – 1994.12.08)

Ego veni ut serviamus tibi

Born:	1930.12.11 (Sorsogon, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1954.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.07.05
Died:	2016.09.17 († 85)

Bishop of Butuan (Philippines) (1967.04.04 – 1994.12.08)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.) (1991 – 1995)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga (Philippines) (1994.12.08 – 2006.11.13)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zacharias Cenita Jimenez (2003.06.11 – 2009.05.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. (2002.11.23 – 2003.06.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Joseph Cathedral Shrine, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Caraga
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (27)

Cagayan de Oro (←), Surigao (↑), Tandag (→), Prosperidad (↓)

Statistics (2024)

Area: 3,429 km²

Population: 490,326 Catholics (64.5% of 760,413 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 88 priests (76 diocesan, 12 religious), 71 religious (1 brother, 70 sisters), 70 seminarians