Diocese of Bayombong
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Diocese of Bayombong Dioecesis Bayombongensis Diyosesis ng Bayombong Diocesis ti Bayombong |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tuguegarao |
| Metropolitan | Tuguegarao |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,961 km2 (2,688 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 597,000 421,000 (70.5%) |
| Parishes | 20 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Dominic in Bayombong |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sergio Utleg |
| Emeritus Bishops | Most Rev. Ramon Barrera Villena (retired on May 28, 2016) |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong (Lat: Dioecesis Bayombongensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Its seat is the Bayombong Cathedral.
Erected in 1966, as the territorial prelature of Bayombong, the prelature was elevated to a full diocese in 1982. The diocese is a suffragan of the Diocese of Tuguegarao.
Currently, the Bishop Administrator of the Diocese is Most Rev. Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S., D.D. (from the Diocese of Cabanatuan).
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