Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong

The Diocese of Bayombong (Lat: Dioecesis Bayombongensis; formerly known as Praelatura Territorialis Bayombongensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its cathedra is in Bayombong Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Bayombong.

Diocese of Bayombong Dioecesis Bayombongensis Diyosesis ng Bayombong Diocesis ti Bayombong Diócesis de Bayombong
Catholic
Bayombong Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Nueva Vizcaya Quirino
Ecclesiastical province	Tuguegarao
Statistics
Area	6,961 km2 (2,688 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,165,000 654,000[1] (56.1%)
Parishes	20
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral-Parish of St. Dominic of Guzman
Patron saint	Dominic of Guzman Vincent Ferrer (secondary)
Secular priests	27
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Jose Elmer Mangalinao
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ricardo Baccay
Bishops emeritus	Ramon Villena
Statistics from Catholic-Hierarchy.org

History

Erected on November 7, 1966, through the apostolic constitution Patris Instar as the Territorial Prelature of Bayombong,^[2] the said prelature was elevated to a diocese in November 1982 by Pope John Paul II through apostolic constitution Cum Decessores Nostri Romani Pontifices.^[3][4] The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.

After the resignation of Bishop Ramon Villena in 2016, Pope Francis appointed Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, SSS, DD, Bishop of Cabanatuan as Apostolic Administrator. On May 24, 2018, the Pope appointed Jose Elmer I. Mangalinao, DD, Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Bayombong.

Former coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Bayombong used until 1986.

Ordinaries

No.	Name		From	Until	Coat of Arms
1		Albert Van Overbeke, CICM, D.D.	November 18, 1966	September 15, 1986
2		Ramon B. Villena, D.D.	September 15, 1986	May 28, 2016
Sede Vacante - Apostolic Administrator		Sofronio Aguirre Bancud	May 28, 2016	July 25, 2018
3		Jose Elmer I. Mangalinao, SThL, D.D.	May 24, 2018	Incumbent

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines
• List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines

External links

• Catholink (Radio Veritas)