Parishes 26 Area 2,655 km² | Denomination Roman Catholic Metropolitan archbishop Marlo Mendoza Peralta | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2012)701,000509,242 (72.6%) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baguio (Latin: Dioecesis Baghiopolitanus) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia on Luzon island in the Philippines.
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Its see is Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral in Baguio City, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region.
The Bishop of Baguio is Victor B. Bendico who was enthroned in 2016 to replace his excellency Emeritus Bishop Carlito "Otto" J. Cenzon, CICM last January 10, 2017.
History
The Diocese is one of the oldest ecclesiastical territories in the Philippines. It was established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Provinces on July 15, 1932. The territory that the Diocese of Baguio now spans was split from the bishopric of Nueva Segovia.
On June 10, 1945, the apostolic prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces (or Montagnosa), entitling it to a titular bishop. The prefecture received a papal visit from John Paul II in February 1981.
In 1992, the prefecture 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 prefecture became 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
These ordinaries are all Latin Rite clergy, who are mostly members of missionary congregations.