Roman Catholic Diocese of Baguio
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The Diocese of Baguio (Latin: Dioecesis Baghiopolitana) is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising the city of Baguio and the province of Benguet on Luzon island in the Philippines. Its see is the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral in Baguio, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region.
Diocese of Baguio Dioecesis Baghiopolitana Diocesis ti Baguio Diosesis ng Baguio Diócesis de Baguio | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Territory | |
Ecclesiastical province | Nueva Segovia |
Metropolitan | Nueva Segovia |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,655 km2 (1,025 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 818,000 594,000[1] (72.6%) |
Parishes | 31 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 6, 1992 (Apostolic Vicariate) June 24, 2004 (Diocese) |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Atonement |
Secular priests | 44 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede vacante[2] |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Marlo Peralta |
Vicar General | Berlynden Dao-Anis |
Website | |
Diocese of Baguio |
It was first established in 1952 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Province, later elevated to an apostolic vicariate in 1948. It was later renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio in 1992, and was elevated to a diocese in 2004 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. It is currently headed by the diocesan administrator, Roland P. Buyagan, after then-Bishop of Baguio, Victor Barnuevo Bendico, was appointed Archbishop of Capiz.