Diocese of Bangued
Bangueden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bangued, Philippines
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 share
- 83.2%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 9,025
- Extent
- 3,975 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
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
- 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:
- Diocese of BaguioBaguio
- Diocese of LaoagLaoag
- Archdiocese of Nueva SegoviaNueva Segovia
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.
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].