Apostolic vicariate Bontoc–Lagawe, Philippines
Diocese of Bontoc–Lagawe
Bontocen(sis)-Lagaven(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Santa Rita de CasciaAguinaldo · CathedralView parish
- St. Mary MagdaleneKayan · CathedralView parish
- Holy FamilyHapaoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.