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 4620 km2 (1780 sq mi) and an overwhelmingly Catholic population of 1165565.
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area (km2)
4.62e+09
country
Philippines
Established
14 February 1982 (Archdiocese), 28 November 1937 (Diocese)