Diocese of Kabankalan
Cabancalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kabankalan, Philippines
The Diocese of Kabankalan is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Jaro covering the 5th and 6th districts of Negros Occidental. Erected in 1987, it is currently sede vacante, with Bishop Louie P. Galbines serving as apostolic administrator after his 2026 appointment as Bishop of Bacolod.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 March 1987
- Latin
- Cabancalen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001770
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 785,651
- Population
- 982,071
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 11,726
- Extent
- 3,923 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 200
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Louie Patalinghug Galbines
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
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral stands in Kabankalan, 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 Jaro
A suffragan of Jaro.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BacolodBacolod
- Archdiocese of JaroJaro
- Diocese of San CarlosSan Carlos
- Diocese of San Jose de AntiqueSan Jose de Antique
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental and covering the southern part of that province, the Diocese of Kabankalan (Latin: Dioecesis Cabancalensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in the central Philippines. Like the other two dioceses of Negros Occidental, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro. Francis Xavier is its titular patron, honored each year on his feast of December 3.
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].