Diocese of Bacolod, Philippines

Special Churches

Cathedral: San Sebastian Cathedral, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Negros Island
Pro-Cathedral: Pro-Cathedral of San Diego, Silay City, Negros Occidental, Negros Island
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (76)

Jaro (←), San Carlos (→), Kabankalan (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.05.24 – ...):

Bishop Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B. (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bacolod (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B. (72)
(2016.05.24 – ...)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1950.03.14 (San Nicolas, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1976.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.02.19

Bishop of Kabankalan (Philippines) (2002.12.27 – 2016.05.24)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (2016.05.24 – ...)

Bishop Vicente Macanan Navarra (84)
(2001.05.24 – 2016.05.24)

Bishop emeritus of Bacolod (Philippines)

Adsum meam Domini

Born:	1939.01.22 (Mambusao, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.06.26

Titular Bishop of Velefi (1979.04.23 – 1987.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Capiz (Philippines) (1979.04.23 – 1987.11.21)

Bishop of Kabankalan (Philippines) (1987.11.21 – 2001.05.24)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (2001.05.24 – 2016.05.24)

Bishop Camilo Diaz Gregorio
(1989.05.20 – 2000.08.28)

Servire cum lætitia

Born:	1939.09.25 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.03.29
Died:	2018.05.21 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Girus (1987.01.12 – 1989.05.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (Philippines) (1987.01.12 – 1989.05.20)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (1989.05.20 – 2000.08.28)

Bishop-Prelate of Batanes (Philippines) (2003.09.13 – 2017.05.20)

Bishop Antonio Yapsutco Fortich
(1967.01.13 – 1989.01.31)

Born:	1913.08.11 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1944.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.02.24
Died:	2003.07.02 († 89)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (1967.01.13 – 1989.01.31)

Bishop Manuel Yap
(1952.03.05 – 1966.10.16)

Born:	1900.06.17 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1929.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.05.01
Died:	1966.10.16 († 66)

Bishop of Capiz (Philippines) (1951.02.13 – 1952.03.05)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (1952.03.05 – 1966.10.16)

Bishop Casimiro Lladoc
(1933.06.23 – 1951.10.24)

Born:	1893.03.04
Ordained Priest:	1918.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.09.16
Died:	1951.10.24 († 58)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (1933.06.23 – 1951.10.24)

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Statistics

Area: 2,019 km²

Population: 1,273,839 Catholics (79.0% of 1,612,455 total) (2020)

Statistics: 68 parishes, 109 priests (diocesan), 220 lay religious (43 brothers, 177 sisters), 51 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Sebastian (January 20), Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary

History

1932.07.15: Established as Diocese of Bacolod / Bacoloden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Cebu and Diocese of Jaro and became suffragan of Manila)
1951.06.29: Became suffragan of Jaro
1955.04.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Dumaguete
1987.03.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kabankalan and Diocese of San Carlos

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1981.02)