Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozamiz

Archdiocese of Ozamiz Archidioecesis Ozamisanus Arkdyosis ng Ozamiz
Location
Country	Philippines
Ecclesiastical province	Ozamiz
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 628,000 485,000 (77.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ozamiz
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jesus Dosado
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozámiz is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Ozamiz is the Archdiocese in the Province of Misamis Occidental, on the island of Mindanao.

History

The Diocese of Ozámiz was erected on 27 January 1951, for the whole province of Misamis Occidental. The Archiocese comprises the following diocese: Dipolog, Iligan, Marawi. On February 17, 1971 Pope Paul VI elevated the Prelature of Ozámiz into a diocese with the Most Reverend Jesus Varela serving as the first sitting Bishop. On the 24th of January 1983, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese.

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Dipolog
• Diocese of Iligan
• Diocese of Pagadian

Prelature

• Prelature of Marawi

Archbishop

The Current Archbishop is Most Rev. Fr. Jesus Dosado.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Philippines

References

• Catholic Hierarchy
• GCatholic
• CBCP