Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Negros Occidental, Philippines. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro,[5] 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.[6]

Diocese of Bacolod

Dioecesis Bacolodensis

Diyosesis sang Bacolod
Diyosesis ng Bacolod
Diócesis de Bacolod
San Sebastian Cathedral, seat of the Diocese of Bacolod
Coat of arms
Location
Country Philippines
Territory3rd and 4th Congressional District of Negros Occidental, Lone Congressional District of Bacolod and Municipality of Hinigaran[1]
Ecclesiastical provinceJaro[2]
MetropolitanJaro
Coordinates10°40′N 122°57′E
Statistics
Area2,019 km2 (780 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2012)
1,474,000[2]
1,211,000[2] (82.2%[2]%)
Parishes70[2]
Schools32[3]
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established15 July 1932[4]
CathedralCathedral of St Sebastian
Co-cathedralSan Diego Pro-cathedral
Patron saintSaint Sebastian
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMost Rev. Patricio Buzon, S.D.B., D.D.
Metropolitan ArchbishopJose Romeo Lazo
Bishops emeritusMost Rev. Vicente M. Navarra, D.D.

The seat of the diocese is the San Sebastian Cathedral in Bacolod (one of 12 cathedrals founded by the Order of Augustinian Recollects in the Philippines) with the San Diego Pro-cathedral in Silay as the diocese's pro-cathedral.[4] The current bishop is Patricio Abella Buzon, SDB, appointed on 24 May 2016 and installed on August 9, 2016.[2]

A map of the dioceses in Negros and Cebu.

History

One of the older dioceses in the Philippines, Pope Pius XI created the Diocese of Bacolod on 15 July 1932 from the territories of the Diocese of Cebu (Siquijor Island) and the Diocese of Jaro (Negros Island) with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Christi regnum.[7]

On April 28, 1934, Pope Pius XI promulgated an apostolic constitution with the incipit Romanorum Pontificum semper separating the dioceses of Cebu, Calbayog, Jaro, Bacolod, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro from the ecclesiastical province of Manila. The same constitution elevated the diocese of Cebu into an archdiocese while placing all the newly separated dioceses under a new ecclesiastical province with Cebu as the new metropolitan see.[8]

On 5 April 1955, the Diocese of Bacolod lost territory when the Diocese of Dumaguete (which the diocese covers the entire province of Negros Oriental) was erected. The diocese further lost territory in the entire parts of Negros Occidental province on 30 March 1987 when the Diocese of Kabankalan[9] and the Diocese of San Carlos[10] were erected.[2][4]

"Protect life" posters prominently displayed at the San Sebastian Cathedral

The Diocese of Bacolod actively opposed the passage of Reproductive Health Bill of 2012, organizing rallies against it.[11] Prior to the 2013 elections to the Philippines Senate posters were put up at parish churches that identified the senators who voted for and against passage of the bill as Team Patay (or death) and Team Buhay (or life), respectively, in reference to Team PNoy, the senatorial slate of Philippine President Noynoy Aquino. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) tried to have these posters removed, or at the least reduced in size.[12][13] The Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order stopping COMELEC from forcing the removal of the posters.[14]

Diocesan Coat of Arms

The shield is divided fesswise into two fields. On chief or (gold) are two crossed arrows debruised by an upright Latin cross argent (silver), the symbols of St. Sebastian, martyr, titular of both the diocese and the cathedral of Bacolod. On a field of azure (blue) at base, the cathedral of Bacolod on a knoll and a sugarcane stalk with vegetation to depict the major industry of Negros Occidental. The hill where the cathedral stands is called bakólod in Hiligaynon, in which the name of the city of Bacolod is derived.[15][16]

Ordinaries
Bishop Period in OfficeCoat of Arms
From Until Duration
Sede Vacante - Apostolic Administrator Most Rev. James Paul McCloskey, D.D. † (Bishop of Jaro) 19 May 1933 23 Jun 1933
1.Casimiro Magbanua Lladoc † 23 Jun 1933

(Appointment)

 22 Sept 1951

(Death)

(18 years, 91 days)
Sede Vacante - Diocesan Administrator Msgr. Flaviano Ariola † (Vicar General) 22 Sept 1951 5 Mar 1952
2.Manuel Porcia Yap † 5 Mar 1952

(Appointment; former Bishop of Capiz)

 16 Oct 1966

(Death)

 (14 years, 225 days)
Sede Vacante - Diocesan Administrator Msgr. Antonio Fortich † (Vicar General) 16 Oct 1966 13 Jan 1967
3.Antonio Yapsutco Fortich † 13 Jan 1967

(Appointment)

 31 Jan 1989
(Retirement)		 (22 years, 18 days)
Sede Vacante - Diocesan Administrator Msgr. Victorino Rivas † (Vicar General) 31 Jan 1989 20 May 1989
4.Camilo Diaz Gregorio † 20 May 1989

(Appointment; former Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu)

 28 Aug 2000
(Resignation)		 (11 years, 100 days)
Sede Vacante - Apostolic Administrator Most Rev. Vicente Navarra, D.D. (Bishop of Kabankalan) 28 Aug 2000 24 May 2001
5.Vicente Macanan Navarra 24 May 2001

(Appointment; former Bishop of Kabankalan)

 24 May 2016
(Retirement)		 (15 years, 0 days)
6.Patricio Abella Buzon 24 May 2016

(Appointment; former Bishop of Kabankalan)

 Incumbent (5 years, 331 days)

Affiliated Bishops

See also

References
  1. UCANEWS PAIRSERVER. "Bacolod Parishes". Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. Catholic Hierarchy. "Diocese of Bacolod". Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  3. Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. "Diocese of Bacolod". Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  4. GCatholic. "Diocese of Bacolod, Philippines". Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. Catholic Hierarchy. "Archdiocese of Jaro". Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  6. "About". dioceseofbacolod.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Pope Pius XI, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of Bacolod Ad Christi regnum (5 April 1955), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 25 (1933), 357-360. De Jarensis et Nominis Iesu seu Cæbuanæ dioecesium in Philippinis Insulis dismembratione et novæ dioecesis «de Bacolod» erectione.
  8. Pope Pius XI, Apostolic Constitution separating some dioceses from the ecclesiastical province of Manila to form the new ecclesiastical province of Cebu Romanorum Pontificum semper (28 April 1934), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 27 (1935), pp.263-264. PROVINCIA ECCLESIASTICA MANILANA DISMEMBRATIO ET NOVA CAEBUANA PROVINCIA ERIGITUR.
  9. Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of San Carlos Resonant Usquequaque (30 March 1987), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (1987), 1042-1043.
  10. Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of San Carlos Certiores Quidem (30 March 1987), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (1987), 1040-1041.
  11. "Bacolod diocese sets anti-RH rally on April 27". GMA News Online. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  12. Gomez, Carla P. (24 February 2013). "Diocese ordered to remove "Team Patay" list". Inquirer News. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  13. Dangcalan, Danny B. (27 February 2013). "http://www.philstar.com/region/2013/02/27/913734/team-buhay/team-patay-bacolod-diocese-follow-comelec-order-resizing-tarp". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 8 July 2013. {{cite news}}: External link in |title= (help)
  14. Avendaño, Christine O., Jocelyn R. Uy, Philip Tubeza (March 6, 2013). "Church wins tarp war; more dioceses to post 'patay' list". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  15. "The Bishop". dioceseofbacolod.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. MADRIAGA, MARIANO (1958). "The Coats-of-Arms of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in the Philippines". Philippine Studies. 6 (2): 165–173. ISSN 0031-7837.
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