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 share
- 56.1%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 24,222
- Extent
- 6,961 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 94
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
- 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.
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].