Diocese of Digos, Philippines

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Digos / Digosen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Davao

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Isidore the Farm Labourer (May 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 21

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1979.11.05: Established as Diocese of Digos / Digosen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Davao and became suffragan of Davao)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.02.11 – ...):

Bishop Guillermo Dela Vega Afable (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Digos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guillermo Dela Vega Afable (73)
(2003.02.11 – ...)

Bishop of Digos (Philippines)

In truth and compassion

Born:	1951.04.03 (Davao, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1976.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.07.12

Priest of Davao (Philippines) (1976.04.24 – 2001.04.21)

Titular Bishop of Vadesi (2001.04.21 – 2002.04.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines) (2001.04.21 – 2002.04.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Digos (Philippines) (2002.04.24 – 2003.02.11)

Bishop of Digos (Philippines) (2003.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Generoso Cambronero Camiña, P.M.E.
(1979.12.20 – 2003.02.11)

Born:	1931.11.22 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.05.24
Died:	2007.02.01 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1978.03.09 – 1979.12.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Davao (Philippines) (1978.03.09 – 1979.12.20)

Bishop of Digos (Philippines) (1979.12.20 – 2003.02.11)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Guillermo Dela Vega Afable (73) (2002.04.24 – 2003.02.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of Grace Cathedral, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Davao
Former Cathedral: Former Cathedral of Mary, Mother and Mediatrix of Grace, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Davao
Shrines in the Ordinary Jubilee 2025

Churches by City (21)

Marbel (↙), Kidapawan (↖), Davao (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,327 km²

Population: 856,039 Catholics (62.9% of 1,362,021 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 65 priests (38 diocesan, 27 religious), 127 religious (44 brothers, 83 sisters), 19 seminarians

Diocese of

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Philippines