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Suffragan diocese Legazpi, Philippines

Diocese of Legazpi

Legazpien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Legazpi is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Caceres covering the province of Albay in the Bicol Region. Erected in 1951, it has been led by Bishop Joel Z. Baylon since 2009. The territorial population was about 1,505,170 at the end of 2024.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Gregory the Great, Legazpi, in Legazpi, Philippines.

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Established
1951
Catholics
1,389,658
Priests
101
Territory
2,552 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Joel Z. Baylon

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Gregory the Great, Legazpi stands in Legazpi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The entire province of Albay in the Philippines constitutes the Diocese of Legazpi (Latin: Dioecesis Legazpiensis), a Latin Church diocese erected in 1951 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cáceres, of which it remains a suffragan. A 1974 partition of the diocese produced the Diocese of Virac. The present Bishop of Legazpi is Most Rev. Joel Baylon, D.D., who previously served as Bishop of Masbate.

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