Diocese of Kabankalan, Philippines 🇵🇭

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kabankalan / Cabancalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jaro

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bacolod (↑), San Carlos (↗), Dumaguete (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 30

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1987.03.30: Established as Diocese of Kabankalan / Cabancalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bacolod and became suffragan of Jaro)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2026.08.11 – ...):	Archbishop Midyphil Bermejo Billones (57) Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro (Philippines)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kabankalan (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Midyphil Bermejo Billones (57)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.08.11 – ...)

Bishop Louie Patalinghug Galbines (59)
(2018.03.12 – 2026.05.14)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines)

Confido

Born:	1966.11.18 (Aliwanag, Sagay, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1994.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.05.28

Priest of Bacolod (Philippines) (1994.04.29 – 2018.03.12)

Bishop of Kabankalan (Philippines) (2018.03.12 – 2026.05.14)

Bishop of Bacolod (Philippines) (2026.05.14 – ...)

Bishop Patricio Abella Buzon, S.D.B. (76)
(2002.12.27 – 2016.05.24)

Bishop emeritus 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 – 2026.05.14)

Bishop Vicente Macanan Navarra (87)
(1987.11.21 – 2001.05.24)

Bishop emeritus of Bacolod (Philippines)

Adsum meam Domini

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

Priest of Capiz (Philippines) (1962.04.07 – 1979.04.23)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1975.04.19 – 1979.04.23)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, Negros Island
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (27)

Bacolod (↑), San Carlos (↗), Dumaguete (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,924 km²

Population: 785,657 Catholics (80.0% of 982,071 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes

Personnel: 67 priests (66 diocesan, 1 religious), 17 religious (1 brother, 16 sisters), 27 seminarians