Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan

Diocese of Ilagan Dioecesis Ilaganensis Diyosesis ng Ilagan
Location
Country	Philippines
Ecclesiastical province	Tuguegarao
Metropolitan	Tuguegarao
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,337,110 1,060,689 (79.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	21 January 1970
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Former St. Ferdinand Cathedral) in Gamu, Isabela
Patron saint	St. Ferdinand
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Amangi Nacua
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sergio Utleg
Vicar General	John Arthur P. Bartolome
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan (Lat: Dioecesis Ilaganensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

Established in 1970, the diocese is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.

The diocese had no jurisdictional changes. The seat of the diocese used to be located in Saint Ferdinand Parish Church in Ilagan City before being transferred to the Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel in Gamu, Isabela in 2013.

The current bishop is Joseph Amangi Nacua, appointed in 2008.

Ordinaries

• Francisco Raval Cruces † (4 Mar 1970 Appointed - 22 Aug 1973 Appointed, Archbishop of Zamboanga)
• Miguel Gatan Purugganan † (21 Jan 1974 Appointed - 26 Jul 1999 Resigned)
• Sergio Lasam Utleg (26 Jul 1999 Succeeded - 13 Nov 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Laoag)
• Joseph Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. (10 Jun 2008 Appointed - )

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines