Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan

Diocese of Kalookan

*Dioecesis Kalookana*

Diyosesis ng Kalookan
Diócesis de Caloocan
Diocese of Kalookan; Dioecesis Kalookana; Diyosesis ng Kalookan ; Diócesis de Caloocan
Catholic
	Caloocan Cathedral
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	South Caloocan (except Barangay 164); Malabon; Navotas;
Ecclesiastical province	Manila
Metropolitan	Manila
Coordinates	14°35′9″N 120°58′22″E / 14.58583°N 120.97278°E
Statistics
Area	45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2021); 2,289,649; 2,060,684 (90%)
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
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Roch
Patron saint	Saint Roch
Secular priests	40
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
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 from gcatholic.org

The Diocese of Kalookan is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Metro Manila, Philippines which comprises Malabon, Navotas, and the southern portion of Caloocan.

History

The Diocese was created by Pope John Paul II on June 28, 2003 through his apostolic letter Quoniam Quaelibet.^[2] The diocese was canonically erected on August 22, 2003, with the installation of its first bishop, Deogracias S. Iñiguez, then Bishop 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 named Pablo Virgilio S. David, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of San Fernando in Pampanga, as the second bishop of Kalookan and installed on January 2, 2016.

Statistics

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 the Philippine Independent Church (IFI, Aglipayan) and Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ).