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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.
Western Cotabato. (Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, and Pikit); Maguindanao (except three towns); Sultan Kudarat (except Columbio and Palimbang) Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. August 11, 1950.
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.
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Antonio Fortich. Antonio Yapsutco Fortich (11 August 1913 – 2 July 2003) was the third bishop of the Diocese of Bacolod. He is noted for being a social activist who fought for social justice in Negros. In 2018, Fortich was recognized by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu Proprio victim of the Martial Law Era.
Vicente Navarra. Vicente Macanan Navarra (born 22 January 1939) is the Bishop Emeritus of Bacolod since the appointment of Bishop Patricio A. Buzon as his successor. He served the Diocese of Bacolod from 24 May 2001 until 24 May 2016.