Diocese of Pagadian, Philippines

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Pagadian / Pagadianen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ozamiz

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo Niño

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.11.12: Established as Diocese of Pagadian / Pagadianen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zamboanga and became suffragan of Zamboanga)
1983.01.24: Became suffragan of Ozamiz
1995.01.01: Gained territory from Territorial Prelature of Ipil

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.01.03 – ...):	Archbishop Martin Sarmiento Jumoad (68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Ozamiz (Philippines)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pagadian (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Martin Sarmiento Jumoad (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.01.03 – ...)

Bishop Ronaldo Ignacio Lunas
(2018.11.22 – 2024.01.02)

Emmanuel

Born:	1966.11.27 (Bala, Magsaysay, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1992.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.02.11
Died:	2024.01.02 (Davao, Philippines † 57)

Priest of Digos (Philippines) (1992.04.07 – 2018.11.22)

Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines) (2018.11.22 – 2024.01.02)

Bishop Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar, C.SS.R. (82)
(2004.05.14 – 2018.11.22)

Bishop emeritus of Pagadian (Philippines)

Notam fac mihi viam tuam Domine

Born:	1942.10.08 (Getafe, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.08.14

Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines) (2004.05.14 – 2018.11.22)

Bishop Zacharias Cenita Jimenez
(1994.12.02 – 2003.06.11)

State in fide

Born:	1947.11.05 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1973.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.01.06
Died:	2018.04.19 († 70)

Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines) (1994.12.02 – 2003.06.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan (Philippines) (2003.06.11 – 2009.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Arba (2003.06.11 – 2018.04.19)

Bishop Antonio Realubin Tobias (83)
(1984.09.14 – 1993.05.28)

Bishop emeritus of Novaliches (Philippines)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1941.06.13 (Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1965.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.01.25

Priest of Manila (Philippines) (1965.12.21 – 1982.11.03)

Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia (1982.11.03 – 1984.09.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zamboanga (Philippines) (1982.11.03 – 1984.09.14)

Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines) (1984.09.14 – 1993.05.28)

Bishop of San Fernando de La Union (Philippines) (1993.05.28 – 2003.11.25)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Novaliches (Philippines) (2003.06.21 – 2003.11.25)

Bishop of Novaliches (Philippines) (2003.11.25 – 2019.06.06)

Bishop Jesus Balaso Tuquib (later Archbishop)
(1973.02.24 – 1984.03.31)

Diligamus nos invicem

Born:	1930.06.27 (Clarin, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1959.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.05.29
Died:	2019.08.01 (Cagayan de Oro, Philippines † 89)

Bishop of Pagadian (Philippines) (1973.02.24 – 1984.03.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines) (1984.03.31 – 1988.01.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines) (1988.01.05 – 2006.03.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Santa Niño Cathedral, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (24)

Ipil (←), Dipolog (↑), Ozamiz (↗), Iligan (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,861 km²

Population: 1,098,000 Catholics (80.4% of 1,366,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 71 priests (49 diocesan, 22 religious), 56 religious (23 brothers, 33 sisters), 53 seminarians