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Diocese of Kalookan Dioecesis Kalookana Diyosesis ng Kalookan Diócesis de Caloocan | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Manila |
| Metropolitan | Manila |
| Coordinates | 14°35′9″N120°58′22″E / 14.58583°N 120.97278°E /14.58583; 120.97278 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 31 parishes (29 full-fledged parishes and 2 quasi-parishes) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | June 28, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-06-28) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Roch |
| Patron saint | Saint Roch |
| Secular priests | 40 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Pablo Virgilio David |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jose Advincula |
| Vicar General | Jeronimo Ma. J. Cruz |
| Bishops emeritus | Deogracias S. Iñiguez, Jr. |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Kalookan | |
| Statistics fromgcatholic.org | |
TheDiocese of Kalookan is adiocese of theLatin Rite of theCatholic Church inMetro Manila,Philippines which comprisesMalabon,Navotas, and the southern half ofCaloocan. Northern half of Caloocan includingBarangay 164 or Talipapa meanwhile lies entirely with the church jurisdiction of theDiocese of Novaliches.
The Diocese was created by PopeJohn Paul II on June 28, 2003 through hisapostolic letterQuoniam Quælibet.[2] The diocese was canonically erected on August 22, 2003, with the installation of its first bishop, Deogracias S. Iñiguez, thenBishop of Iba, Zambales. Upon Iñiguez's resignation on January 25, 2013,Antipolo Auxiliary Bishop Francisco M. De Leon was named Apostolic Administrator of the diocese. On October 14, 2015,Pope Francis namedPablo Virgilio S. David,auxiliary bishop ofArchdiocese of San Fernando in Pampanga, as the second bishop of Kalookan and installed on January 2, 2016.
On October 6, 2024, Pope Francis appointed Bishop David a cardinal effective on December 7, 2024.[3][4] He is the tenth Filipino to join theCollege of Cardinals, the third Filipino made a cardinal by Pope Francis, the first cardinal from Diocese of Kalookan, and the first cardinal from any diocese in the Philippines.[5] On October 23, theSynod of Bishops elected David a member of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod.[6]
As of 2021[update], there are approximately 1,330,840 people in the diocese, with ~89% of them (~1,184,000) being baptized Catholics, and there are 76 priests (40 diocesan and 36 religious) serving 31 parishes.[1] The average number of baptisms in a year between the years 2003-05 was 680.[citation needed] The two prominent Christian religions in the diocese next to Catholicism are thePhilippine Independent Church (IFI, Aglipayan) andIglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ).
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| 1 |  | Deogracias Soriano Iñiguez Jr. | August 22, 2003 – January 25, 2013 (9 years, 156 days) | Resigned from office |  |
| 2 |  | Pablo Virgilio Siongco Cardinal David | January 2, 2016 – present (9 years, 327 days) | President,Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines | .svg) |
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