Diocese of

Bayombong

Philippines

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bayombong / Bayombongen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tuguegarao

Neighbouring Dioceses: Urdaneta (↙), Baguio (←), Bontoc–Lagawe (↑), Ilagan (↗), Infanta (↘), Cabanatuan (↓), San Jose de Nueva Ecija (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Dominic of Osma, Saint Vincent Ferrer (April 5)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.11.07: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bayombong / Bayombongen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tuguegarao and became suffragan of Nueva Segovia)
1974.09.21: Became suffragan of Tuguegarao
1982.11.15: Promoted as Diocese of Bayombong / Bayombongen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.05.24 – ...):

Bishop Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bayombong (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao (65)
(2018.05.24 – ...)

Bishop of Bayombong (Philippines)

Lætitia in Domino

Born:	1960.04.07 (Cabiao, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1985.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.22

Priest of Cabanatuan (Philippines) (1985.10.15 – 2016.05.31)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (2016.05.31 – 2018.05.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen–Dagupan (Philippines) (2016.05.31 – 2018.05.24)

Bishop of Bayombong (Philippines) (2018.05.24 – ...)

Bishop Sofronio Aguirre Bancud, S.S.S. (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.05.28 – 2018.05.24)

Bishop Ramon Barrera Villena (87)
(1986.09.15 – 2016.05.28)

Bishop emeritus of Bayombong (Philippines)

Christi servus in spe fortitudo

Born:	1939.03.16 (Reina Mercedes, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.02

Priest of Ilagan (Philippines) (1963.03.30 – 1982.03.16)

Titular Bishop of Tucci (1982.03.16 – 1985.08.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tagum (Philippines) (1982.03.16 – 1985.08.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bayombong (Philippines) (1985.08.17 – 1986.09.15)

Bishop of Bayombong (Philippines) (1986.09.15 – 2016.05.28)

Bishop Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M.
(1982.11.15 – 1986.09.15)

Born:	1915.11.20 (Oostrozebeke, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1940.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.11.30
Died:	1987.06.16 († 71)

Bishop-Prelate of Bayombong (Philippines) (1966.11.18 – 1982.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Caliábria (1969.09.10 – 1978.02.18)

Bishop of Bayombong (Philippines) (1982.11.15 – 1986.09.15)

Prelates of Bayombong (Roman Rite)

Bishop Albert van Overbeke, C.I.C.M.
(1966.11.18 – 1982.11.15)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ramon Barrera Villena (87) (1985.08.17 – 1986.09.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Dominic de Guzman, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan Valley
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Churches by City (21)

Urdaneta (↙), Baguio (←), Bontoc–Lagawe (↑), Ilagan (↗), Infanta (↘), Cabanatuan (↓), San Jose de Nueva Ecija (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,961 km²

Population: 406,000 Catholics (54.3% of 748,153 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 29 priests (diocesan), 23 religious (23 sisters), 20 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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