Roman Catholic Diocese of Talibon

The Diocese of Talibon is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, headquartered in Talibon, Bohol. It is one of two dioceses in the province of Bohol, the other being the Diocese of Tagbilaran. Both dioceses are suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cebu.

Diocese of Talibon Dioecesis Talibonensis Diyosesis sa Talibon
Catholic
The Blessed Trinity Cathedral in Talibon
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Eastern Bohol (Alicia, Anda, Bien Unido, Buenavista, Candijay, Carmen, Dagohoy, Danao, Duero, Getafe, Guindulman, Inabanga, Jagna, Mabini, Pilar, President Carlos P. Garcia, San Miguel, Sierra Bullones, Talibon, Trinidad, Ubay)
Ecclesiastical province	Cebu
Metropolitan	Cebu
Deaneries	7
Coordinates	10°09′04″N 124°19′34″E
Statistics
Area	2,243 km2 (866 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2021) 762,643 635,144[1] (83.3%)
Parishes	48
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 9, 1986
Cathedral	Blessed Trinity Cathedral
Patron	Holy Trinity
Secular priests	89
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Patrick Daniel Y. Parcon
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jose S. Palma
Vicar General	Msgr. Ignacio H. Reyes
Episcopal Vicars	Msgr. Jonathan D. Pacudan Msgr. Bernard Rañoa Msgr. Ariel Lantaca
Statistics from Catholic-Hierarchy.org

History

The Diocese is one of two dioceses in the province of Bohol and part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Cebu. It was created on January 9, 1986, separating half the civil province of Bohol from the Diocese of Tagbilaran.^[2] then Pope John Paul II appointed Auxiliary Bishop Christian Vicente Noel as the First Bishop of Talibon, the Diocese comprises the northeastern municipalities of Bohol, consisting of coastal municipalities starting from Inabanga in the northwest to Jagna in the southeast and interior municipalities bounded by Carmen and Sierra Bullones. There are 7 vicariates in the diocese comprising 37 parishes and ministered to by 101 priests.^[3] There are also 53 religious sisters active in the running of 16 secondary Catholic schools.^[2]

Bishops

Bishop			Period in office	Notes	Coat of Arms
1.		Christian Vicente Fernandez Noel	December 3, 1986 – June 3, 2014[4] (27 years, 182 days)	Retired from office
2.		Patrick Daniel Yee Parcon	August 26, 2014 – present (10 years, 341 days)

See also

• Diocese of Tagbilaran
• Archdiocese of Cebu
• List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the Philippines