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

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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 (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Malolos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dennis Cabanada Villarojo (57)
(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 (75)
(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 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1970.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.20
Died:	2018.05.11 († 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. (78) (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 (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 (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. (83) (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
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

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 2024.10.13

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