The Diocese of Baguio (Latin: Dioecesis Baghiopolitana) is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising the city of Baguio and the province of Benguet on Luzon island in the Philippines. Its see is the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral in Baguio, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region.

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Diocese of Baguio Dioecesis Baghiopolitana Diocesis ti Baguio Diosesis ng Baguio Diócesis de Baguio
Catholic
Baguio Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Baguio City Benguet
Ecclesiastical province	Nueva Segovia
Metropolitan	Nueva Segovia
Statistics
Area	2,655 km2 (1,025 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 818,000 594,000[1] (72.6%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 6, 1992 (Apostolic Vicariate) June 24, 2004 (Diocese)
Cathedral	Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Atonement
Secular priests	44
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede vacante[2]
Metropolitan Archbishop	Marlo Peralta
Vicar General	Berlynden Dao-Anis
Website
Diocese of Baguio

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It was first established in 1952 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Province, later elevated to an apostolic vicariate in 1948. It was later renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio in 1992, and was elevated to a diocese in 2004 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. It is currently headed by the diocesan administrator, Roland P. Buyagan, after then-Bishop of Baguio, Victor Barnuevo Bendico, was appointed Archbishop of Capiz.

The diocese is one of the oldest ecclesiastical territories in the Philippines. It was established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Province (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Montana) on July 15, 1932.^[3] The territory that the Diocese of Baguio now spans was split from the bishopric of Nueva Segovia.

On June 10, 1948, the apostolic prefecture was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Province (Montañosa), entitling it to a titular bishop.^[4] The prefecture received a papal visit from John Paul II in February 1981.

In 1992, the prefecture was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio, after ceding territories to form the Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe and the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk.

On June 24, 2004, the prefecture became the Diocese of Baguio, losing its missionary pre-diocesan status and becoming a suffragan of its mother Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

These ordinaries are all Latin Rite clergy, who are mostly members of missionary congregations.

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