DIOCESE OF IPIL

(Diosesis Ipilensis)

Suffragan of Zamboanga

Created: December 24, 1979

Erected: June 21, 1980

Comprises: 16 municipalities of the newly created province of Zamboanga Sibugay, and three others that remained with Zamboanga del Sur.

Titular: St. Joseph the Worker

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PRELATURE OF ISABEL DE BASILAN

(Suffragan of Zamboanga)

Created: October 12, 1963

Erected: February 15, 1964

Comprises all the territories that constitute the jurisdiction of Basilan Province

Titular: Sta. Isabel de Portugal

Secondary Patron: Immaculate Heart of Mary Consecration of the Cathedral: 21, 1970