Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos (Philippines)

Diocese of San Carlos Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Borromeo Diyosesis sang San Carlos Diyosesis sa San Carlos
San Carlos Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	1st and 2nd Congressional District of Negros Occidental, and 4 Places from 1st District of Negros Oriental (Canlaon City, Guihulngan City, Municipality of Vallehermoso, Municipality of La Libertad)
Ecclesiastical province	Jaro
Metropolitan	Jaro
Statistics
Area	3,041 km2 (1,174 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 949,000 840,000 (88.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	30 March 1987
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Charles Borromeo in San Carlos, Negros Occidental
Patron saint	St Charles Borromeo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gerardo Alimane Alminaza
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jose Romeo Lazo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli Borromeo) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was split off from the Diocese of Bacolod together with the Diocese of Kabankalan in 1987 and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jaro in Iloilo City. The seat of the cathedral is the San Carlos Borromeo Cathedral in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.^[1]

Ordinaries[]

Bishop			Period in Office	Coat of Arms
1.		Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar	21 Nov 1987 - 25 Jul 2001 (13 years, 246 days)
2.		Jose Fuerte Advincula	25 Jul 2001 - 9 Nov 2011 (10 years, 107 days)
Sede Vacante - Diocesan Administrator		Patrick Daniel Yee Parcon	9 Nov 2011 - 14 Sep 2013
3.		Gerardo Alimane Alminaza	14 Sep 2013 - present (8 years, 145 days)

Auxiliary Bishops[]

Bishop			Period in Office	Coat of Arms
1.		Salvador Trane Modesto	30 Mar 1987 - 25 Jul 2005 (18 years, 117 days)

See also[]

• Catholic Church in the Philippines

References[]

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