Diocese of Batanes
Batanen(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Batanes, Philippines
The Territorial Prelature of Batanes is a Latin Church jurisdiction covering the Batanes islands in the far north of the Philippines. Erected on November 30, 1950, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1950
- Latin
- Batanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000253
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 17,795
- Population
- 18,867
- Catholic share
- 94.3%
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 1,780
- Extent
- 784 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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
- Danilo Ulep
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 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception stands in Batanes, 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 BayombongBayombong
- Diocese of IlaganIlagan
- Archdiocese of TuguegaraoTuguegarao
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church pre-diocesan, non-missionary jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, the Territorial Prelature of Batanes (in Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Batanensis) is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao on Luzon island. The territorial prelate's episcopal seat is the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Basco, Batanes, and the current bishop-prelate is Danilo B. Ulep.
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].