Diocese of Bayombong
Bayombongen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bayombong, Philippines
The Diocese of Bayombong is a Latin Church diocese covering Nueva Vizcaya in northern Luzon, Philippines. Created as a territorial prelature in 1966 and elevated to a diocese in 1982, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 November 1966
- Latin
- Bayombongen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Dominic de Guzman
- Annuario code
- 001000862
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 654,000
- Population
- 1,165,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 56.1%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 24,222
- Extent
- 6,961 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 94
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
- Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao
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-Parish of St. Dominic of Guzman stands in Bayombong, 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 Tuguegarao
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BatanesBatanes
- Diocese of IlaganIlagan
- Archdiocese of TuguegaraoTuguegarao
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Formerly known as the Praelatura Territorialis Bayombongensis, the Diocese of Bayombong (Lat: Dioecesis Bayombongensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its cathedra rests in Bayombong Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Bayombong.
Catholic Intelligence
Get early access
We are indexing the whole visible Church: every diocese and parish on earth, searchable and mapped, with Mass times, clergy, and diocesan contacts. Launching soon. Sign up to be first in when it opens, starting with [object Object].
One email at launch. Nothing else.
Already have access? Sign inSources
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.