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Territorial Prelature of

Batanes

Philippines Philippines

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Area: 784 km²

Population: 17,510 Catholics (97.9% of 17,880 total) (2018)

Statistics: 6 parishes, 1 mission, 23 priests (diocesan), 3 lay religious (3 sisters), 5 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tuguegarao

Neighbouring Dioceses: Laoag (↙), Kaohsiung 高雄 (↖), Tuguegarao (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Saint Dominic of Osma (August 8)

Address: Prelate's Residence, Basco, 3900 Batanes, Philippines

Phone: (0917)883-2514

History

Special Churches

All Churches (7)

Laoag (↙), Kaohsiung 高雄 (↖), Tuguegarao (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2017.05.20 – ...):Bishop Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep (58)Bishop Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep (58)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Batanes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep (58)Bishop Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep (58)Permalink
(2017.05.20 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Batanes (Philippines)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:1962.06.24 (Tuguegarao City, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:1987.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:2017.07.29

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

Bishop Camilo Diaz GregorioPermalink
(2003.09.13 – 2017.05.20)

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 Jose Paala Salazar, O.P.Permalink
(1996.04.25 – 2002.11.23)

Born:1937.03.13 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:1968.05.09
Consecrated Bishop:1996.06.07
Died:2004.05.29 († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Batanes (Philippines) (1996.04.25 – 2002.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Butuan (Philippines) (2002.11.23 – 2003.06.11)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (2002.11.23 – 2004.05.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines) (2003.06.11 – 2004.05.29)

Prelates of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (Roman Rite)

Fr. Mario de Leon Baltazar, O.P.Permalink
(1966.11.18 – 1995)

Born:1926.09.01 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:1952.03.08
Died:2012.07.09 († 85)

Bishop-Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (Philippines) (1966.11.18 – 1995)

Bishop Peregrin de la Fuente Néstar, O.P.Permalink
(1951.07.02 – 1966.05.14)

Born:1899.04.30 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1924.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1951.09.29
Died:1966.05.14 († 67)

Titular Bishop of Mylasa (1951.07.02 – 1966.05.14)

Bishop-Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (Philippines) (1951.07.02 – 1966.05.14)

as of 2020.12.31

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