Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan
The Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Oriental Mindoro in the Philippines. In 2010, 756,000 residents had been baptized out of about 814,000 inhabitants. It is currently headed by Bishop Warlito Itcuas Cajandig.
It has six related parishes. The episcopal residence and seat of the vicariate is the Santo Niño Cathedral located in Calapan City.
On November 13, 2018, Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Nestor Adalia, currently the Vicar General of Calapan, to take the post as apostolic administrator “ad nutum Sanctae Sedis”, meaning “at the disposition of the Holy See” or to take temporary charge of the administration of the Apostolic Vicariate, due to the health condition of Bishop Warlito Cajandig.History
The Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro was created on July 2, 1936, with territory taken from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro.
On July 12, 1951, Pope Pius XII, through the papal bull Merit ab Apostolic, elevated the apostolic prefecture to an apostolic vicariate.
On December 19, 1974, and January 27, 1983, portions of its territory was lost to the creation of the Diocese of Romblon and the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro.Apostolic Vicars
- William Finnemann, S.V.D. †: December 4, 1936October 26, 1942, martyred
- Henry Ederle, S.V.D. †: June 21, 1946July 12, 1951, resigned
- Wilhelm Josef Duschak, S.V.D. †: July 12, 1951November 26, 1973, resigned
- Simeon O. Valerio, S.V.D. †: November 26, 1973September 26, 1988, resigned
- Warlito Itcuas Cajandig: April 17, 1989present
