Roman Catholic Diocese of Tandag

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Diocese of Tandag Dioecesis Tandagensis Diyosesis sa Tandag Diyosesis ng Tandag
Catholic
New Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Surigao del Sur
Ecclesiastical province	Cagayan de Oro
Metropolitan	Cagayan de Oro
Deaneries	4
Coordinates	9°02′40″N 126°12′45″E / 9.04447°N 126.21251°E / 9.04447; 126.21251
Statistics
Area	4,862 km2 (1,877 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 752,496 592,968[1] (78.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 June 1978
Cathedral	New Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Tandag
Co-cathedral	Old Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Tandag
Patron saint	Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Raul B. Dael, SSJV
Metropolitan Archbishop	José A. Cabantan
Vicar General	Isidro H. Irizari, PC, VG
Episcopal Vicars	Arturo P. Langit Jaime B. Panares

The Diocese of Tandag (Lat: Dioecesis Tandagensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

Erected in 1978, the diocese was created from territory in the Diocese of Surigao.

The diocese has experienced no jurisdictional changes, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

On 26 February 2018, Pope Francis named Raul B. Dael, Vicar for the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro as the bishop of Tandag replacing Nereo P. Odchimar after Odchimar reaching the mandatory age of retirement, which was accepted by Pope Francis.^[2]