Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozamiz

{{short description|Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines}}

{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Archdiocese

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| name = Ozamis

| latin = Archidioecesis Ozamisanus

| local = Arkidiyosesis sa Ozamis
Arkidiyosesis ng Ozamis

| image = Ozamiz Cathedral (JP Rizal Avenue, Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental; 10-16-2023).jpg

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| caption = Ozamiz Cathedral

| coat = File:Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz.svg

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| country = Philippines

| territory = Misamis Occidental

| province = Ozamis

| metropolitan = Ozamis

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| area_km2 = 1,939

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| population = 741,160

| population_as_of = 2021

| catholics = 470,485{{Cite web|url=http://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/0.htm?tab=info|title= Ozamis (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)|publisher=gcatholic.org|access-date=2023-09-16}}

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| denomination = Roman Catholic

| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

| rite = Roman Rite

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| cathedral = Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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| Immaculate Conception

| Blessed Virgin of Cotta

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| metro_archbishop = Martin Jumoad

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| vicar_general =Msgr. Maximino A. Naron, Jr.

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| website = [http://ozamizarchdiocese.org/ Website of the Archdiocese]

|headquarters=|suffragan=(Diocese of Dipolog)

Severo Caermare

(Diocese of Iligan)

Jose Rapadas III

(Diocese of Pagadian)

Ronald Timoner

(Territorial Prelature of Marawi)

Edwin de la Peña, MSP}}

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozamis is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Misamis Occidental, southern Philippines. The archdiocese cathedral is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ozamiz City, and its present archbishop is Martin Jumoad.{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dozam.html |title=Archdiocese of Ozamiz |date=23 April 2017 |website=Catholic Hierarchy |last=Cheney |first=David M. |access-date=26 May 2017}} The official spelling of the archdiocese is Ozamis, while the city it is located in is Ozamiz.{{Cite news|last=Rosauro|first=Ryan|title=OZAMIZ vs OZAMIS|url=https://web.facebook.com/OzamizPH/posts/ozamiz-vs-ozamisby-ryan-d-rosaurowhat-difference-does-a-single-letter-makeif-one/627751413937454/?_rdc=1&_rdr}}

The larger ecclesiastical province over which the archbishop of Ozamis serves as metropolitan see covers the northwestern portion of the island of Mindanao, including the highly urbanized city of Iligan and the provinces of Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur.

History

File:Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Ozamis.svg

The Territorial Prelature of Ozamis was erected on 27 January 1951 from the territory of the then-diocese of Cagayan de Oro. This prelature covered the provinces of Lanao (which was split in 1952 into Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur) and Misamis Occidental, and the chartered cities of Iligan, Marawi, Oroquieta (established 1969), Ozamiz and Tangub (established 1967).

On 17 February 1971 Pope Paul VI elevated the Prelature of Ozamis into a diocese, covering only parishes within Misamis Occidental, with Jesus Varela appointed as its bishop. The new diocese became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbcponline.org/jurisdictions/ozamiz.html |website=Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines |access-date=26 May 2017 |title=Archdiocese of Ozamiz}}

On 24 January 1983, Ozamis was elevated to an archdiocese, with the dioceses of Dipolog (established 1967), Iligan (established 1971) and Pagadian (established 1971), and the Prelature of Marawi (established 1976) as its suffragan dioceses. Jesus Dosado was officially installed as its first archbishop on 10 April 1983.

Suffragan dioceses

=Prelature=

Prelature of Marawi

Ordinaries

= Prelates of Ozamis =

colspan=3 \|Prelate	Period in Office	Coat of Arms
class="wikitable"
\|1.		Patrick H. Cronin, S.S.C.M.E.	24 May 1955 – 13 October 1970 ({{ayd\|1955\|05\|24\|1970\|10\|13}})	213x213px

= Bishops of Ozamis =

colspan=3 \|Bishop	Period in Office	Coat of Arms
class="wikitable"
\|1.	217x217px	Jesus Varela	17 February 1971 – 27 November 1980 ({{ayd\|1971\|02\|17\|1980\|11\|27}})	File:Coat of arms of Jesus Yu Varela as Bishop of Sorsogon.svg
\|2.	217x217px	Jesus Dosado	29 July 1981 – 24 January 1983 ({{ayd\|1981\|07\|29\|1983\|01\|24}})	213x213px

= Archbishops of Ozamis =

colspan=3 \|Archbishop	Period in Office	Coat of Arms
class="wikitable"
\|1.	217x217px	Jesus Dosado	24 January 1983 – 4 October 2016 ({{ayd\|1983\|01\|24\|2016\|10\|04}})	File:Coat of Arms of Jesus Dosado.svg
\|2.	217x217px	Martin Jumoad	4 October 2016 – Present (Incumbent)	File:Coat of Arms of Martin Jumoad.svg