Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval

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Diocese of Naval Dioecesis Navaliensis Diyosesis han Naval Diyosesis sa Naval
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Biliran
Ecclesiastical province	Palo
Metropolitan	Palo
Statistics
Area	1,005 km2 (388 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 315,846 300,421 (95.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	29 November 1988
Cathedral	Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Naval
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary[1]
Secular priests	31 priests (24 diocesan, 7 religious)[1]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	John F. Du
Vicar General	Msgr. Venancio Sosing
Bishops emeritus

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval (Lat: Dioecesis Navaliensis) is a diocese of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its cathedral is in Naval, Biliran in the Eastern Visayas. Its territory includes whole island of Biliran and the northwestern tip of Leyte Province.

Erected in 1988, the diocese was created from territory of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo, to which the diocese remains a suffragan. The first appointed bishop was Filomeno

Bactol (1988–2017). On October 13, 2017, his retirement was accepted by the Pope two years after reaching the mandatory age of 75. Pope Francis appointed C. , a priest from Archdiocese of Palo, as the new bishop of Naval. His episcopal ordination took place at the Palo Metropolitan Cathedral on January 9, 2018. He was canonically installed on January 12, 2018 at Naval Cathedral. Ramirez is the second bishop of the diocese.

The was established in 1990 AD. It is the first catholic school in the diocese.

, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique in the Antique province of the Philippines, grew up in the Naval diocese and was a priest of the diocese before becoming the bishop of San Jose.

Ordinaries[]

No	Name	In office	Coat of arms
1.	Filomeno Gonzales Bactol	29 November 1988 – 13 October 2017
2.	Rex Cullingham Ramirez	13 October 2017 – present

See also[]

• Catholic Church in the Philippines

References[]