Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (Latin: Diœcesis Vialembensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña. The diocese was canonically erected on 8 November 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Its territories were taken from the archdiocese based in Guam.[1]

Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Diœcesis Vialembensis
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Saipan
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Northern Mariana Islands , Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Ecclesiastical province	Agaña
Statistics
Area	184 sq mi (480 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 71,850 43,000 (59.8%)
Parishes	12
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 November 1984 (36 years ago)
Cathedral	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ryan Pagente Jimenez
Map
Website
rcdck.org

The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is led by a prelate bishop who pastors the mother church, the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral on Saipan.

Churches:

- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Chalan Kanoa, Saipan)

- Kristo Rai Parish (Garapan, Saipan)

- Saint Jude Thaddeus Parish (Koblerville, Saipan)

- San Roque Parish (San Roque, Saipan)

- Santa Soledad Parish (Kagman, Saipan)

- Nuestra Senora Bithen Delos Remedios Parish (Tanapag, Saipan)

- Korean Catholic Mission Church (Chalan Kanoa, Saipan)

- San Antonio Parish (San Antonio, Saipan)

- San Jose Parish (San Jose, Saipan)

- San Vicente Ferrer Parish (San Vicente, Saipan)

- San Francisco De Borja Catholic Church ( Teneto, Rota)

- San Isidro Parish ( Sinapolo, Rota)

- San Jose Parish (Tinian)