Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo

The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction covering the Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces in southern Philippines.

Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo Vicariatus Apostolicus Ioloensis[1]
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Sulu Tawi-Tawi [1]
Statistics
Area	2,687.8 km^2 (1,037.8 sq mi)[1]
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	1,706,068 (approx.)[1] 29,446 (approx.)[1] (2%)
Parishes	5[1]
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 October 1953[1]
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Patron saint	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Secular priests	12
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic	Charlie Malapitan Inzon

It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent of the Holy See (notably Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), not part of any ecclesiastical province, yet for the purpose of apostolic cooperation usually grouped with the Archdiocese of Zamboanga.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in Jolo, Sulu, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

History

Established on 28 October 1953 as Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu,[1] of territory split off from the then Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu (now diocese of Cotabato).

Promoted and renamed after its see on 12 July 1958 as Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, led by a titular bishop.[1]

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Sulu

• Francis Joseph McSorley (1954 – 1958.07.12)

Apostolic Vicars of Jolo

• Francis Joseph McSorley (1958.07.12 – death 1970.11.20), Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina (1958.07.12 – 1970.11.20)
• Philip Francis Smith (1972.06.26 – retired 1979.04.11), Titular Bishop of Lamphua (1972.06.26 – 1980.03.14), later Coadjutor Bishop of Cotabato (Philippines) (1979.04.11 – 1979.11.05), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (1979.11.05 – 1998.05.30)
• George Eli Dion (1980.01.28 – death 1999.02.12), Titular Bishop of Caudium (1980.01.28 – 1999.02.12)
• Benjamin de Jesus (1991.10.11 – death 1997.02.04)
• Angelito Lampon (21 November 1997 – 6 November 2018), Titular Bishop of Valliposita (1997.11.21 – 2018.11.06), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (2018.11.06 –)
• Romeo Sombilon Saniel (2018.12.16-2020.04.04), Apostolic Administrator
• Charile M.Inzon (2020.04.04-present)

References

1. "Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo". Claretian Publications. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

External links

• Claretian Publications; Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo
• GCatholic with incumbent bio links
• Decree of 28 October 1953 - decree establishing the apostolic vicariates of Jolo and Cotabato, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol 46 (1954), pp. 66-67
• Apostolic constitution of 12 July 1958 - papal bull raising the dignity of the Apostolic Prefecture as the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol 51 (1959), pp. 319-320