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Diocese of Baguio

*Dioecesis Baghiopolitana*

Diocesis ti Baguio
Diosesis ng Baguio
Diócesis de Baguio
Diocese of Baguio; Dioecesis Baghiopolitana; Diocesis ti Baguio ; Diosesis ng Baguio; Diócesis de Baguio
Catholic
	Baguio Cathedral
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Baguio City; Benguet;
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 (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
Metropolitan Archbishop	Marlo Peralta
Vicar General	Berlynden Dao-Anis
Website
	Diocese of Baguio

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.

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.

History edit

The Coat of Arms of the then-Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Province (Montañosa)

The diocese is one of the oldest ecclesiastical territories in the Philippines. It was established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Province (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Montana) on July 15, 1932.^[3] The territory that the Diocese of Baguio now spans was split from the bishopric of Nueva Segovia.

On June 10, 1948, the apostolic prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Province (Montañosa), entitling it to a titular bishop.^[4] The vicariate received a papal visit from John Paul II in February 1981.

In 1992, the vicariate was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio, after ceding territories to form the Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe and the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk.

On June 24, 2004, the vicariate was elevated into the Diocese of Baguio, losing its missionary pre-diocesan status and becoming a suffragan of its mother Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

Ordinaries and auxiliary episcopate edit

These ordinaries are all Latin Rite clergy, who are mostly members of missionary congregations.

Apostolic Prefect of Mountain Province edit

No.	Name	From	Until
1	Giuseppe Billiet	15 Nov 1935	1947

Apostolic Vicar of Mountain Province (Montañosa) edit

No.	Picture	Name	From	Until	Coat of arms
1		William Brasseur	10 Jun 1948	7 Nov 1981
2		Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng	(7 Nov 1981	18 Dec 1987

Apostolic Vicars edit

No.	Picture	Name	From	Until	Coat of arms
1		Ernesto Antolin Salgado	18 Dec 1987	7 Dec 2000
2		Carlito Joaquin Cenzon	25 Jan 2002	10 Jul 2004

Bishops edit

No.	Picture	Name	From	Until	Coat of arms
1		Carlito Joaquin Cenzon	10 Jul 2004	1 Oct 2016
2		Victor Barnuevo Bendico	10 Jan 2017	3 May 2023

Auxiliary Bishop

No.	Picture	Name	From	Until	Coat of arms
1		Sebastian Acol Dalis	18 Nov 1987	11 Jul 2000

References edit

^ "Baguio (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
^ "Bishop Bendico bids Baguio farewell". CBCP News. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ Pope Pius XI, Apostolic Decree creating the Apostolic Prefecture of the Mountain Provinces Quo facilius consuli (15 July 1932), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 25 (1933), pp. 206-207. DISMEMBRATIONIS DIOECESIS ET ERECTIONIS PRAELATURAE APOSTOLICAE "MONTANAE".
^ Pope Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution elevating the Apostolic Prefecture of the Mountain Provinces into an Apostolic Vicariate Quo inter infideles (10 June 1948), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 40 (1948), pp. 535-536. PRAEFECTURA APOSTOLICA MONTANA IN VICARIATUM APOSTOLICUM, IISDEM SERVATIS NOMINE AC LIMITIBUS, EVEHITUR.