Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi

Diocese of Legazpi Dioecesis Legazpiensis Diyosesis kan Legazpi
St Gregory the Great Cathedral
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Albay
Ecclesiastical province	Caceres
Metropolitan	Caceres
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2008) 1, 211, 422 1,169, 993 (96.6%%)
Parishes	45
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 29, 1951
Cathedral	St. Gregory the Great Cathedral
Patron saint	Our Lady of Salvation
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joel Zamudio Baylon
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rolando Joven Tria Tirona
Vicar General	Ramon C. Tronqued
Emeritus Bishops	Nestor Celestial Cariño Bishop Emeritus (2005-2007) José C. Sorra Bishop Emeritus (1993-2005) Lucilo B. Quiambao Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1982-2009)
Map
Map of the Philippines with the Diocese of Legazpi as the Province of Albay highlighted
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi (Lat: Dioecesis Legazpiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It comprises the whole province of Albay.

The diocese was erected in 1951, from territory in the Archdiocese of Caceres.

In 1974 the diocese was subdivided to form the Diocese of Virac.

The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Caceres.

Former Masbate bishop Joel "Bong" Baylon is the new and most recent bishop of Legazpi. Prior to his appointment, Legazpi auxiliary bishop Lucilo Quiambao had been the apostolic administrator of the diocese since Bishop Nestor Cariño's retirement in 2007. Bishop Baylon is assisted by his vicar-general, Very Rev. Msgr. Ramon Tronqued, PC, VG.

Ordinaries

#	Picture	Name	From	Until
1		Flaviano Ariola	15 May 1952 appointed	27 November 1968 resigned
2		Teotimo C. Pacis	23 May 1969 appointed	4 June 1980 resigned
3		Concordio Maria Sarte	12 August 1980 appointed	22 November 1991 died
4		José C. Sorra	1 March 1993 appointed	1 April 2005 retired
5		Nestor Celestial Cariño	1 April 2005 appointed	7 November 2007 resigned
6		Lucilo Quiambao	2007 (acting)	2009
7		Joel Zamudio Baylon	1 October 2009 appointed	present

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines