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[mosimos]

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Diocese of Cebu


Latin Name: Nominis Iesu o Caebuanus
Erected: 14 August 1595

Country: Philippines

Suffragans

Dumaguete
Maasin
Tagbilaran
Talibon

[mosimos]

# Catholics Population Percent Catholic Diocese Year Source
1 3,268,081 3,652,546 89.47% Cebu (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

2 2,800,000 3,000,000 93.33% San Fernando (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

3 2,719,781 2,993,000 90.87% Manila (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

4 2,467,108 2,820,350 87.48% Malolos 2003 ap2004

5 2,429,663 3,037,079 80.00% Antipolo 2004 ap2005

6 2,147,042 2,608,349 82.31% San Pablo 2004 ap2005

7 2,075,972 2,419,206 85.81% Imus 2004 ap2005

8 2,054,296 2,232,931 92.00% Jaro (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

9 1,843,617 1,905,348 96.76% Lipa (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

10 1,492,984 1,658,872 90.00% Novaliches 2003 ap2004

11 1,269,122 1,381,000 91.90% Parañaque 2004 ap2005

12 1,259,610 1,488,098 84.65% Tuguegarao (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

13 1,257,977 1,572,472 80.00% Palo (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

14 1,202,322 1,558,826 77.13% Marbel 2004 ap2005

15 1,156,277 1,214,576 95.20% Caceres (Nueva Caceres) (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

16 1,109,498 1,369,913 80.99% Davao (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

17 1,106,500 1,577,000 70.16% Tagum 2004 ap2005

18 1,091,000 1,132,281 96.35% Legazpi 2004 ap2005

19 1,090,108 1,238,760 88.00% Cubao 2004 ap2005

20 1,090,108 1,221,404 89.25% Kalookan 2004 ap2005

21 1,088,855 1,338,621 81.34% Malaybalay 2004 ap2005

22 1,076,783 1,252,073 86.00% Bacolod 2004 ap2005

23 1,071,399 1,284,478 83.41% Cagayan de Oro (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

24 1,027,345 1,317,110 78.00% Ilagan 2004 ap2005

25 1,010,635 1,314,507 76.88% Iligan 2004 ap2005

26 1,002,000 1,215,000 82.47% Lingayen-Dagupan (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

27 960,407 1,210,000 79.37% Pasig 2004 ap2005

28 941,387 1,134,201 83.00% Tarlac 2004 ap2005

29 923,680 1,010,896 91.37% Dumaguete 2004 ap2005

30 913,000 1,805,000 50.58% Cabanatuan 2004 ap2005

31 879,735 1,167,624 75.34% Butuan 2004 ap2005

32 834,322 948,093 88.00% Lucena 2004 ap2005

33 823,640 1,809,618 45.51% Cotabato (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

34 797,000 992,000 80.34% Pagadian 2004 ap2005

35 726,827 829,157 87.66% Gumaca 2004 ap2005

36 725,319 853,236 85.01% San Carlos 2004 ap2005

37 665,317 705,489 94.31% Capiz (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

38 663,000 823,130 80.55% Dipolog 2004 ap2005

39 651,930 688,903 94.63% Sorsogon 2004 ap2005

40 642,931 676,770 95.00% Calbayog 2004 ap2005

41 641,968 802,460 80.00% Digos 2004 ap2005

42 631,973 685,201 92.23% Masbate 2004 ap2005

43 621,027 707,676 87.76% Calapan (Vicariate Apostolic) 2004 ap2005

44 582,238 693,140 84.00% San Fernando de La Union 2004 ap2005

45 572,905 630,966 90.80% Maasin 2004 ap2005

46 572,844 621,860 92.12% Talibon 2004 ap2005

47 553,057 614,508 90.00% Kabankalan 2004 ap2005

48 542,920 612,461 88.65% Tagbilaran 2004 ap2005

49 538,025 672,532 80.00% Iba 2004 ap2005

50 532,638 665,715 80.01% San Jose 2004 ap2005

51 531,970 625,855 85.00% Urdaneta 2004 ap2005

52 528,135 621,336 85.00% Balanga 2004 ap2005

53 523,813 621,923 84.22% Nueva Segovia (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

54 474,399 645,404 73.50% Zamboanga (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

55 448,491 768,466 58.36% Kidapawan 2004 ap2005

56 445,573 562,364 79.23% Alaminos 2004 ap2005

57 442,033 492,754 89.71% Daet 2004 ap2005

58 441,022 658,454 66.98% Laoag 2004 ap2005

59 433,287 492,335 88.01% Kalibo 2004 ap2005

60 414,608 529,666 78.28% Surigao 2004 ap2005

61 398,810 594,704 67.06% Baguio 2004 ap2005

62 398,552 427,053 93.33% Borongan 2004 ap2005

63 397,078 539,342 73.62% Ozamis (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005

64 395,355 465,123 85.00% Mati 2004 ap2005

65 394,410 480,865 82.02% Tandag 2004 ap2005

66 392,989 598,768 65.63% Ipil (Territorial Prelature) 2004 ap2005

67 387,966 445,938 87.00% Infanta (Territorial Prelature) 2004 ap2005

68 387,108 423,485 91.41% Libmanan (Territorial Prelature) 2003 ap2004

69 379,377 472,678 80.26% Puerto Princesa (Vicariate Apostolic) 2004 ap2005

70 365,967 500,639 73.10% Catarman 2004 ap2005

71 358,010 511,196 70.03% San Jose de Antique 2004 ap2005

72 327,949 397,071 82.59% San Jose in Mindoro (Vicariate Apostolic) 2004 ap2005

73 326,283 537,042 60.76% Bayombong 2004 ap2005

74 300,421 315,846 95.12% Naval 2004 ap2005

75 271,948 319,694 85.07% Taytay (Vicariate Apostolic) 2004 ap2005

76 216,628 223,225 97.04% Virac 2004 ap2005

77 202,754 307,348 65.97% Bontoc-Lagawe (Vicariate Apostolic) 2004 ap2005

78 197,719 239,776 82.46% Bangued 2004 ap2005

79 193,585 216,815 89.29% Boac 2003 ap2004

80 192,128 264,351 72.68% Romblon 2004 ap2005

81 181,374 271,152 66.89% Tabuk (Vicariate Apostolic) 2004 ap2005

82 90,329 332,828 27.14% Isabela (Territorial Prelature) 2004 ap2005

83 43,127 884,099 4.88% Marawi (Territorial Prelature) 2004 ap2005

84 25,488 999,535 2.55% Jolo (Vicariate Apostolic) 2004 ap2005

85 15,505 16,476 94.11% Batanes (Territorial Prelature) 2004 ap2005

[brian_d]

Hmmm... I wonder how many among those are actually actively attending church services and those who are Catholic by name. True, true the Philippines is at least 85% nominally (baptized) Catholic, but I dare say less than half (42.5% actually bother to hear mass at least once a month.)

[mosimos]

Hmmm... I wonder how many among those are actually actively attending church services and those who are Catholic by name. True, true the Philippines is at least 85% nominally (baptized) Catholic, but I dare say less than half (42.5% actually bother to hear mass at least once a month.)

Really? I tell you its just your surmises and conjectures. You cant just accept that the Philippines is predominantly Catholic. Whether they are nominal, they are still Catholics.

Anyway here's the good news.

WORLD CATHOLIC POPULATION AT 1.098 BILLION

Vatican, May. 01 (CWNews.com) - The world's Catholic population is now 1.098 billion, according to the latest figures from the Vatican's statistical bureau.

The figures contained in the Annuarium Statiscum Ecclesiae, presented to the press on April 30, show the number of Catholics in the world growing at roughly the same rate as the overall global population. The rising numbers of Catholics come mainly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The Annuarium, which will be published this week, covers the Catholic population from 1978 to 2004, the last year for which full statistics are available. The volume, which will be published this week by the Vatican, offers a more complete analysis of the figures provided in the Annuario Pontificio, the official Vatican yearbook that appeared in February.

From 1978 to 2004 the world's Catholic population grew by 45%, from 757 million to 1,098 million. But in Europe the percentage of Catholics dropped slightly over the same period, from 40.5% to 39.5%. There are now 280 millions in Europe: an increase of only 12 million from 1978.

The growth of the Catholic population in Africa has been much more positive. There the number of Catholics has almost tripled: from 55 million in 1978 to nearly 149 million in 2004. There has been a similar pattern of growth in Asia and the Americas-- where the number of Catholics has grown by 49.7% and 79.6%, respectively, over the same period. The Vatican statistical bureau notes that these figures reflect the overall population growth in those regions. Catholics now account for 62% of the people in the Americas, but only 3% in Asia.

The number of Catholic bishops rose 28% between 1978 and 2004, with the media age of those bishops also rising, so that in 2004 the average bishop was over 67 years old. The number of priests worldwide rose much less sharply: by 3.5%. The number of seminarians grew by 77%, with that increase attributable to sharp rises in Africa and Latin America. In Europe, however, over the same period of time the number of priests dropped more than 20%. In religious life, the number of male religious (excluding priests) dropped by 27% over the period of the Annuarium study, and the number of female religious dropped by 22%.

The steepest increase shown in the Annuarium is in the number of permanent deacons. From 1978 to 2004 that number soared from 5,500 to 32,000 worldwide, with 97% of the permanent deacons found in North America and Europe.

[vern]

If there is going to be no discussion and just people posting facts that can be found in the internet, might as well just lock this.

[mosimos]

Wait sir vern, people are really discussing in this forum. Its so happen the regular posters of this thread is still offline. Plese do consider. Thanks.

[vern]

Wait sir vern, people are really discussing in this forum. Its so happen the regular posters of this thread is still offline. Plese do consider. Thanks.

Discussion is fine. You posting copy and pastes is not. Please stop.

[estor_boot]

oh. i was surprised there is nothing about Gloria here.

but brod mosimos, i am interested on this,

I spent nearly 11 years away from the Church because I lived with that attitude. It wasn't until I realized, if I disagree with the Church, I have to figure out why. Once I did that, I realized that, in every issue with which I had an agrument with the Church, it was I that was in error.

can you expand this brod? like what brought you back to the Catholic Church, where were you for that 11 years.. its still about Catholicism, right?

and in that way, there will be no more copy and paste and.. uhhmm.. you might inspire people. :mrgreen:

[mosimos]

Well, like most of the youths today I doubted my faith. I hate the Catholic Church. I disagree with the official position of the Church on many issues like population control, euthanasia etc. I thought I was smart than the Church composed of priests. I even hate priests because i see them as cunning businessmen. I dont attend mass anymore.

I did so many stupid things. Then when I reached mid 20's I realized I was not happy. It was empty. Then a bolt hit me. I almost lost someone I really love. I dont want to lose her. Then the last option is God.

At first I dont want to do it. My conscience is resisting. But I proceed. I bow before the altar and asked His help. Believe me, I felt something rushing in inside me. I felt I was throwing a burden. I didnt realize I was crying. Tears were gushing from my eyes like a dam. I said " Oh Lord, how faithless I am and how sinful I was."

It was a miracle. A miracle of conversion. I dont exchange my faith for anything else in this world. I experience God. He is real. He is Catholic. He is Christ.

[dacs]

Wait sir vern, people are really discussing in this forum. Its so happen the regular posters of this thread is still offline. Plese do consider. Thanks.

Discussion is fine. You posting copy and pastes is not. Please stop.

Ah, so that is the reason why this topic went off the net.

Glad to know that.