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Diocese of Bangued

Bangueden(sis)

The Diocese of Bangued is a Latin Church diocese covering the province of Abra in northern Luzon, Philippines. Erected as a territorial prelature in 1955 and elevated to a diocese on November 15, 1982, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
12 June 1955
Latin
Bangueden(sis)
Patron
St. James the Great
Annuario code
001000813

The see in figures

Catholics
225,637
Population
271,081
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
83.2%
Priests
25
Catholics per priest
9,025
Extent
3,975 km²
Catholics per km²
57

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of St. James the Elder stands in Bangued, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Nueva Segovia

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In the Philippines, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Bangued (Lat: Dioecesis Banguedensis). Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, appointed in 2007, is the current bishop.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.