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Diocese of Bayombong Dioecesis Bayombongensis Diyosesis ng Bayombong Diocesis ti Bayombong Diócesis de Bayombong | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tuguegarao |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,961 km2 (2,688 sq mi) |
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| 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 fromCatholic-Hierarchy.org | |
TheDiocese of Bayombong (Lat:Dioecesis Bayombongensis; formerly known asPraelatura Territorialis Bayombongensis) is aLatin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction ordiocese of theCatholic Church in the Philippines. Itscathedra is inBayombong Cathedral, in theepiscopal see ofBayombong.
Erected on November 7, 1966, through theapostolic constitutionPatris Instar as the Territorial Prelature of Bayombong,[2] the said prelature was elevated to adiocese in November 1982 byPope John Paul II through apostolic constitutionCum Decessores Nostri Romani Pontifices.[3][4] The diocese is a suffragan of theArchdiocese 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.
| No. | Name | From | Until | Coat of Arms | |
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| 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 | .svg) | |
| 3 | | Jose Elmer I. Mangalinao, SThL, D.D. | May 24, 2018 | Incumbent | .svg) |
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