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Apostolic vicariate Tabuk, Philippines

Diocese of Tabuk

Tabuken(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. William the Hermit, in Tabuk, Philippines.

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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.

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.