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.

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 Archdiocese of Cebu and the Archdiocese of Jaro with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Christi regnum.
On 5 April 1955, the Diocese of Bacolod lost territory when the Diocese of Dumaguete was erected. The diocese further lost territory in the entire parts of Negros Occidental province on 30 March 1987 when the Diocese of Kabankalan and the Diocese of San Carlos were erected.
The Diocese of Bacolod actively opposed the passage of Reproductive Health Bill of 2012, organizing rallies against it. 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 and Team Buhay, respectively, in reference to Team PNoy, the senatorial slate of Philippine President Noynoy Aquino. The Commission on Elections tried to have these posters removed, or at the least reduced in size. The Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order stopping COMELEC from forcing the removal of the posters.

Organization

The Diocese of Bacolod is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro.
The current bishop is Patricio Abella Buzon, SDB, appointed on 24 May 2016. He was installed on August 9, 2016.
The seat of the diocese is the San Sebastian Cathedral in Bacolod with the San Diego Pro-cathedral in Silay as the diocese's pro-cathedral.

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