Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Ozamiz
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozamiz
Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines
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.[2] The official spelling of the church is Ozamis, while the city it is located is Ozamiz.[3]
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.[2]