Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong

Diocese of Bayombong
Dioecesis Bayombongensis
Diyosesis ng Bayombong
Diocesis ti Bayombong
Location
Country  Philippines
Ecclesiastical province Tuguegarao
Metropolitan Tuguegarao
Statistics
Area 6,961 km2 (2,688 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2012)
597,000
421,000 (70.5%)
Parishes 20
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of St Dominic in Bayombong
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Sergio Utleg
Emeritus Bishops Most Rev. Ramon Barrera Villena (retired on May 28, 2016)
Saint Dominic Cathedral of Bayombong.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong (Lat: Dioecesis Bayombongensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its seat is the Bayombong Cathedral.

History

Erected in 1966, as the territorial prelature of Bayombong, the prelature was elevated to a full diocese in 1982. The diocese is a suffragan of the Diocese of Tuguegarao.

Currently, the Bishop Administrator of the Diocese is Most Rev. Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S., D.D. (from the Diocese of Cabanatuan).

Ordinaries

See also

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