Roman Catholic Diocese of Butuan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Butuan (Lat: Dioecesis Butuanensis) is a

The diocese was erected in 1967, through Pope Paul VI, separating from the Diocese of Surigao, the territory of the Diocese of Butuan is the Province of Agusan del Sur and Agusan del Norte and Most Rev. Carmelo Dominador Morelos became its first bishop and the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

Coat of arms

Vert, in between two pomegranates proper seeded Gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two Or a bend wavy sinister Azure charged with a lily flower Argent. Vert symbolized Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur. Pomegranates proper seeded inside the color Vert symbolized fertility. Color Azure is Agusan River. While Lily flower argent symbolized purity of St. Joseph the Patron of Butuan, and titular of the Diocese of Butuan.

Ordinaries

Bishop		Period in office	Coat of arms
1.	Carmelo D.F. Morelos , DD, JCD, STL, PhL	4 April 1967 – 8 December 1994
2.	Juan de Dios M. Pueblos, DD.	27 November 1995 – 21 October 2017
3.	Cosme Damian R. Almedilla, DD.	25 June 2019 – present

References

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines
• Butuan

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