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Suffragan territorial prelature Batanes, Philippines

Diocese of Batanes

Batanen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, in Batanes, Philippines.

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Established
1950
Catholics
17,795
Priests
10
Territory
784 km²

Parishes and churches

6 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Danilo Ulep

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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.

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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.