Diocese of Catarman
Diocese of Catarman Dioecesis Catarmaniensis Diyosesis han Catarman Diyosesis ng Catarman | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | Northern Samar |
| Ecclesiastical province | Palo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,498 km2 (1,351 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 31 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 5, 1974 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation |
| Secular priests | 51 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Nolly C. Buco |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | John F. Du |
The Diocese of Catarman (Lat: Dioecesis Catarmaniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
Erected in 1974, the diocese was a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu. Upon Palo's elevation in 1982, Catarman was reassigned to the new archdiocese as its suffragan. The Diocese of Catarman has experienced no jurisdictional changes since its establishment.
Nolly Buco, a former auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo, was initially appointed as apostolic administrator by Pope Francis when Bishop Emmanuel Trance retired as bishop of the diocese on December 8, 2023. Trance is from Calinog, Iloilo under the Archdiocese of Jaro. On October 16, 2024, Pope Francis subsequently appointed him as the third bishop of Catarman; he was installed on January 15, 2025.