Diocese of Daet Dioecesis Daëtiensis (Latin) | |
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| Catholic | |
 Daet Cathedral facade at night | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | Camarines Norte |
| Ecclesiastical province | Caceres |
| Metropolitan | Caceres |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,200 km2 (850 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 637,000 578,000[1] (90.7%) |
| Parishes | 30 (27 full-pledged parishes, 3 quasi-parishes) |
| Schools | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | May 27, 1974 (canonically erected on September 1, 1974) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph the Worker Our Lady of Candelaria St. John the Baptist |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede Vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Rex Andrew Alarcon, D.D. |
| Apostolic Administrator | Rex Andrew Alarcon, D.D. |
| Vicar General | Ronald Anthony P. Timoner, V.G. |
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| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Daet (Latin: Daëtiensis) is a diocese located in the capital town of Daet in the province of Camarines Norte in the Philippines.
The Diocese of Daet, with jurisdiction over the Province of Camarines Norte and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Caceres, was created on May 27, 1974, by Pope Paul VI with Celestino R. Enverga as the first bishop of the diocese. The 3rd Bishop of Daet was Gilbert A. Garcera, who left to become Archbishop of Lipa on February 2, 2017. On January 2, 2019, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis appointed Rex Andrew C. Alarcon as the new bishop of the diocese. February 22, 2024, Pope Francis appointed Alarcon as Archbishop of Nueva Caceres.[2]
- ^ "Diocese of Daet". GCatholic.org. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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- ^ "Pope names new bishop of Daet". 2 January 2019.