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Apostolic vicariate Bontoc–Lagawe, Philippines

Diocese of Bontoc–Lagawe

Bontocen(sis)-Lagaven(sis)

The Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction covering Mountain Province and Ifugao in the Cordillera region of the Philippines. Erected on July 6, 1992, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.

On the map

Esri
Bontoc–Lagawe, Philippines, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1992
Catholics
221,750
Priests
30
Territory
4,615 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Santa Rita de Cascia, Bontoc stands in Bontoc–Lagawe, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A missionary jurisdiction of the Latin Church in the Philippines, the Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe (in Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Bontocensis-Lagavensis) belongs to no ecclesiastical province. Directly exempt to the Holy See, it falls immediately under the jurisdiction of the Pope, who exercises authority through the bishop-in-charge, known as the Vicar Apostolic.