Diocese of Kabankalan
| Diocese of Kabankalan | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Jaro |
| Diocesan bishop | Louie Patalinghug Galbines |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 3,923 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 888,542 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 710.834 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 54 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,924 |
| Friars | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier |
| Website | http://www.cbcponline.net/jurisdictions/kabankalan.html |
The Diocese of Kabankalan ( lat. : Dioecesis Cabancalensis ) is on the island of Negros in the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese based in Kabankalan . It covers the southern part of the Negros Occidental province .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Certiores quidem facti on March 25, 1987. It emerged from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Bacolod and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Jaro as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Kabankalan
- Vicente Macanan Navarre (November 21, 1987 - May 24, 2001, then Bishop of Bacolod)
- Patricio Abella Buzon SDB (December 27, 2002 - May 24, 2016, then Bishop of Bacolod)
- Louie Patalinghug Galbines (since March 12, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Kabankalan on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Kabankalan on gcatholic.org (English)