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The Diocese of Bacolod is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Negros Occidental, Philippines.A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro, [6] its jurisdiction covers most of the northwestern towns and cities of the province of Negros Occidental namely, as far as Victorias City in the north and the Municipality of Hinigaran in the south.
The San Sebastian Cathedral is named in honor of Saint Sebastian, an early Christian saint and martyr more commonly known in the Philippines as San Sebastian. The Spanish missionaries had placed Magsungay, the village that was the precursor of the modern city of Bacolod under the care and protection of Saint Sebastian sometime in the middle 1700s.
The Archdiocese of Jaro is one of the oldest episcopal sees in the country. It was established on May 27, 1865, through a papal bull of Pope Pius IX, [3] according to a document signed by Archbishop Gregorio Martinez, then archbishop of Manila. The diocese was created from the territory of the Archdiocese of Manila.
The Archdiocese of Capiz is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The archdiocese covers the entire province of Capiz on the island of Panay in the Visayas, central Philippines, and has its see in Roxas City. As an ecclesiastical province, it also encompasses the suffragan sees of Kalibo, which oversees ...
The episcopal conference responsible in governing the faith is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Christianity was first brought to the Philippine islands by Spanish pirates, missionaries and settlers, who arrived in waves beginning in the early 16th century in Cebu by way of colonization.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabankalan (Lat: Dioecesis Cabancalensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in central Philippines. The Roman Rite Latin Church diocese is centered in the City of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental province and covers the southern part of the province. The diocese was created in 1987, when the Diocese of Bacolod was ...
Poverty incidence of Bacolod 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2006 3.41 2009 11.18 2012 3.19 2015 9.22 2018 4.74 2021 3.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Negros First CyberCentre IT and BPO Hub Concentrix Bacolod Gaisano Grand City Bacolod Mall SM City Bacolod 888 Chinatown Square Premier Mall of Bacolod Bacolod is the Philippines' third fastest growing economy in terms of information technology ...
Diocese of Bacolod Dioecesis Bacolodensis: Patricio A. Buzon, SDB (8 years, 38 days) 3rd and 4th Legislative Districts of Negros Occidental; Bacolod City; and municipality of Hinigaran: Cathedral of San Sebastian de Bacolod and Pro-Cathedral of San Diego