Apostolic vicariate Tabuk, Philippines
Diocese of Tabuk
Tabuken(sis)
Latin Church
Tabuk is canonically an Apostolic Vicariate (a missionary jurisdiction), not a diocese, established in 1992 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces and covering Kalinga and Apayao. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. Bishop Sean Buslig Mejia was appointed apostolic vicar in March 2026 and installed in June 2026.
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- Established
- 1992
- Catholics
- 375,000
- Priests
- 25
- Territory
- 6,471 km²
Parishes and churches
20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. WilliamTabuk · CathedralView parish
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MarySalegsegView parish
- Chair of St. PeterPinukpukView parish
- Holy FamilyConnerView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesKabugaoView parish
- Our Lady of the RosaryPudtolView parish
- San IsidroAgbannawagView parish
- St. Anthony of PaduaLunaView parish
- St. Francis of AssisiTinglayanView parish
- St. James the ApostleSanta MarcelaView parish
- St. JosephCalanasanView parish
- St. JosephDagupanView parish
- St. JosephFloraView parish
- St. JosephNanengView parish
- St. Joseph the WorkerTugaView parish
- St. Mark EvangelistTanudanView parish
- St. MaryAllaguiaView parish
- St. MichaelRizalView parish
- St. PeterLubuaganView parish
- Sts. Philip and JamesPasilView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sean Mejia
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. William the Hermit stands in Tabuk, 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
Covering the provinces of Kalinga and Apayao in northern Luzon, the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is exempt, meaning directly subject to the Holy See and outside any ecclesiastical province, though for apostolic cooperation it is usually grouped with the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.