Diocese of Baguio
Baghiopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Baguio, Philippines
The Diocese of Baguio is a Latin Church diocese covering Baguio City and Benguet province, Philippines, erected as an apostolic vicariate in 1992 and elevated to a diocese in 2004 as a suffragan of Nueva Segovia. Its bishop since 2024 is Rafael Tambao-an Cruz.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2004
- Latin
- Baghiopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Atonement
- Annuario code
- 001000789
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 594,000
- Population
- 818,000
- Catholic share
- 72.6%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 10,241
- Extent
- 2,655 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 224
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Rafael Cruz
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
Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral stands in Baguio, 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:
- Diocese of BanguedBangued
- Diocese of LaoagLaoag
- Archdiocese of Nueva SegoviaNueva Segovia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the city of Baguio and the province of Benguet on Luzon island, the Diocese of Baguio (Latin: Dioecesis Baghiopolitana) belongs to the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Erected as a diocese in 2004 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, it has its see at the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral. The Most Rev. Rafael T. Cruz currently leads it as the third Bishop of Baguio, following Victor Barnuevo Bendico, who was appointed Archbishop of Capiz.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].