Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kidapawan (Lat: Dioecesis Kidapavanensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.The origin of the Diocese of Kidapawan goes back to the first Jesuit missionaries who introduced Christianity in Mindanao in the late 7th century.The Prelature of Kidapawan was erected on June 12 1976. Bishop Federico O. Escaler SJ was elected first prelate ordinary and took over the prelature on Sept. 6 1976.