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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF BAGUIO
Apostolic Prefecture of the Mountain Provinces (Montañosa Prefecture).
From the creation of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia by the Papal Bull of Pope Clement VIII on August 26, 1595, Montanosa was part of this Diocese, Vigan as the center.
This continued until August 1926 when the missions of the mountains were officially separated from Nueva Segovia.
On September 10, 1933, Bishop Constance Jurgens, CICM, Bishop of Tuguegarao installed Msgr. Octaaf Vandewalle, CICM, as the first Apostolic Prefect of the Montanosa Prefecture.
He was succeeded by Fr. Jozef Billiet, CICM as the second Apostolic Prefect on in 1936.
On August 24, 1948, Bishop William Brasseur, CICM was consecrated as the first Apostolic Vicar of Montanosa.
From 1948 onwards, the missionary activities continued to prosper by leaps and bounds.
From merely seven (7) mission stations in 1910, by 1948, there were already twenty three (23) mission stations and more and more Catholic Schools were established.
On December 5, 1981, Bishop Emiliano Madangeng succeeded Bishop Brasseur and was installed as the second Apostolic Vicar of Montanosa.
But in 1987, after his delicate operation in Manila, he tendered his resignation which was accepted by Rome.
He was succeeded by Bishop Ernesto A. Salgado as the third Apostolic Vicar of Montanosa.
On August 6, 1992, Rome announced the division of the Apostolic Vicariate of Montanosa
into three separate vicariates, namely; the
Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe,
Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk and the
Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio.
November 25, 1992 was the Episcopal consecration of Bishop Brigido Galasgas as the first Apostolic Vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe,
Bishop Carlito J. Cenzon, CICM as the first Apostolic Vicar of Tabuk and the installation of
Bishop Ernesto A. Salgado as the Apostolic Vicar of Baguio.
On July 10, 2004, Pope John Paul II issued the Papal Bull, "DILIGENTER AD LABORARE", elevating the Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio to the status of a Diocese and named it the Diocese of Baguio, comprising the Province of Benguet and the City Of Baguio.
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