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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.
Archbishop of San Fernando. Diocese of Balanga. Sede Vacante. Most Rev. Florentino G. Lavarias Apostolic AdministratorJul 22, 2023(1 year, 56 days) Diocese of Iba. Bartolome G. Santos Jr. Feb 17, 2018(6 years, 212 days) Bishop of Iba.
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.
San Diego Pro-cathedral, formerly known as the San Diego Parish Church or the St. Didacus Parish Church before its declaration as a pro-cathedral in 1994, is an early 20th-century Roman Catholic church in Silay City, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Bacolod. It is the only pro-cathedral in the ...
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.
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