Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo

Archdiocese of Palo Archidioecesis Palensis Arkidiyosesis han Palo Arkidiyosesis sa Palo Arkidiyosesis ng Palo
Catholic
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, Palo, Leyte
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Leyte (except Bato, Baybay, Calubian, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Leyte, Matalom, San Isidro and Tabango)
Ecclesiastical province	Palo
Metropolitan	Palo
Statistics
Area	4,620 km2 (1,780 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,584,000 1,520,000[1] (96%)
Parishes	84
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	November 28, 1937 (Diocese) February 14, 1982 (Archdiocese)
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration
Titular patron	Transfiguration of Our Lord
Secular priests	149
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	John F. Du
Vicar General	Gilbert G. Urbina
Episcopal Vicars	Ronel V. Taboso (Western District) and Carlos D. Rodriguez (Eastern District)
Judicial Vicar	Elmo O. Borgueta
Bishops emeritus	Pedro R. Dean Archbishop Emeritus (1985–2006)
Map
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo is a large administrative diocese of the Catholic Church in the town of Palo in Leyte province, Philippines. It was formed as a diocese on the 28th of November, 1937, and became an archdiocese in 1982, with Calbayog, Borongan, Catarman and Naval Diocese serving as suffragan to it. The archdiocese encompasses 4,620 km² (1,780 sq mi) and an overwhelmingly Catholic population of 1,165,565. The archdiocese has two districts, Eastern and Western, which are divided among the languages Waray and Cebuano. The Eastern District has seven vicariates of 34 parishes. 13 parishes are in the Western District, with one chaplaincy. The archdiocese contains two seminaries. The elder of these is the Sacred Heart Seminary, which was founded in 1944. Founded in 1988, the St. John Evangelist School of Theology serves additional dioceses. Jose S. Palma, a priest from the Archdiocese of Jaro and Bishop of the Diocese of Calbayog, Samar was the Archbishop of Palo until he was appointed as Archbishop of Cebu following the retirement of the late Archbishop Cardinal Ricardo Vidal.

The Archdiocese of Palo was created as a diocese on November 28, 1937 and elevated to an archdiocese on November 15, 1982, with four neighboring dioceses of the metropolitan, to include Borongan, Calbayog, Catarman and Naval.