Diocese of Bangued
diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines
The Diocese of Bangued (Lat: Dioecesis Banguedensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical province or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
The current bishop is Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, appointed in 2007.
History
June 12, 1955: Established as territorial prelature
November 15, 1982: Promoted to diocese and became suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.
Coat of arms
The pilgrim's staff and the two scallops are the most popular symbols of Saint James the Great, the titular of the cathedral. The blue (azure) wavy pale represents the Abra River. The mountains and green (vert) fields represent the mountainous province of Abra.
“Diocese of Bangued” enters the record as diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Diocese, Bangued and diocese can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q866979. Authority coordinates are 17.596, 120.617. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007, 1955 and 1982.
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This entry incorporates text from “Diocese of Bangued” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.