Territorial Prelature of

Batanes

Philippines

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Batanes / Batanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tuguegarao

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint Dominic of Osma (August 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 29

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1950.11.30: Established as Territorial Prelature of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (English) / Batanen(sis) et Babuyanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tuguegarao and became suffragan of Manila)
1951.06.29: Became suffragan of Nueva Segovia
1974.09.21: Became suffragan of Tuguegarao
2002.02.06: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Batanes / Batanen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuguegarao)

Contact Info

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

Phone: (0917)883-2514

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2017.05.20 – ...):

Bishop Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep (62)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Batanes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Danilo Bangayan Ulep (62)
(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

Priest of Tuguegarao (Philippines) (1987.04.10 – 2017.05.20)

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

Bishop Camilo Diaz Gregorio
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Parish of Santo Domingo de Guzman, Basco, Batanes, Cagayan Valley
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (7)

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 784 km²

Population: 18,089 Catholics (94.8% of 19,090 total)

Pastoral Centres: 6 parishes

Personnel: 10 priests (diocesan), 4 religious (4 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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