Roman Catholic Diocese of Baguio
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Diocese of Baguio Dioecesis Baghiopolitanus Diocesis ti Baguio |
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Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral Mount Mary, Cathedral Loop, Baguio City
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | City of Baguio, and the Province of Benguet |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nueva Segovia |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,655 km2 (1,025 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 701,000 509,242 (72.6%) |
| Parishes | 26 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1992 July 06 (Apostolic Vicariate), 2004 June 24 (Diocese) |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of the Atonement |
| Secular priests | Diocesan: 41; Religious: 6 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Pope Francis |
| Bishop | Most Rev. Victor Bendico, D.D. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Marlo Mendoza Peralta |
| Vicar General | Benedict Castañeda |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
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.
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 2017 to replace his excellency Emeritus Bishop Carlito "Otto" J. Cenzon, CICM last January 10, 2017.
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 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.
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