Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Batanes


The Territorial Prelature of Batanes is a Latin rite pre-diocesan, non-missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia on Luzon island in the Philippines.
The Cathedral of Santo Domingo de Guzman is the episcopal seat of the territorial prelate, in Basco, Batanes, Cagayan Valley. The current bishop is Danilo B Ulep.

Statistics and territory

As per 2014, it pastorally served 16,647 Catholics on 784 km² in 6 parishes and 1 mission with 9 priests, 4 lay religious, 2 seminarians.
The diocese includes Batanes province and the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan Province. The territory is divided into six parishes. In 2004 there were 15,505 baptized about 16,476 inhabitants.

History

;Prelates of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands
;Prelates of Batanes