Jurisdiction: | Apostolic Vicariate |
Border: | Catholic |
Tabuk | |
Latin: | Vicariatus Apostolicus Tabukensis[1] |
Local: | Apostoliko Vicariato ti Tabuk |
Country: | Philippines |
Territory: | Kalinga and Apayao |
Province: | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
Area Km2: | 6,471 |
Population: | 499,800 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Catholics: | 375,000 [2] |
Catholics Percent: | 75 |
Parishes: | 21 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of Saint William the Hermit |
Patron: | William the Hermit |
Priests: | 25 |
Bishop: | Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr. |
Bishop Title: | Vicar Apostolic |
Suffragan: | for one--> |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
Founded: | 1992 |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk is a Latin Church ecclesiastical missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines covering the provinces of Kalinga and Apayao in northern Luzon.
It is exempt (directly subject to the Holy See) and not part of any ecclesiastical province, yet for the purpose of apostolic cooperation usually grouped with the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao. It also has a working partnership with the Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe and the Diocese of Baguio, both in the Cordilleras, to coordinate Catholic missions among the Igorot tribes.
Its cathedral is the Saint William's Cathedral, in Tabuk, Kalinga on the island of Luzon.
Established on 6 July 1992 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution, Philippinarum Insularum fideles,[3] on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces (now diocese of Baguio).
No. | Picture | Name | From | Until | Coat of arms | |
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1 | Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, CICM†| 6 Jul 1992 | 25 Jan 2002appointed Bishop of Baguio | |||
2 | Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M. | 16 Apr 2003 | Present |