The Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk is a

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ecclesiastical

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jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in the

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covering the provinces of

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and

Apayao Apayao, officially the Province of Apayao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Apayao; fil, Lalawigan ng Apayao), is a landlocked province in the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Kabugao serves as its capital. The provincial capito ...

in northern

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, a ...

. It is exempt directly to

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and not part of any

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, yet for the purpose of apostolic cooperation usually grouped with the

Archdiocese of Tuguegarao The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Tuguegarao is a river delta city that became center of the archdiocese in the Province of Cagayan, on the island of ...

. It also has a working partnership with the

Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe The Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe (in Latin: ''Vicariatus Apostolicus Bontocensis-Lagavensis'') is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is directly e ...

and the

Diocese of Baguio The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baguio (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baghiopolitana'') is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia on Luzon island in the Philippines. Its see is Our L ...

, both in the

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, to coordinate Catholic missions among the

Igorot The indigenous peoples of the Cordillera Mountain Range of northern Luzon, Philippines are often referred to using the exonym Igorot people, or more recently, as the Cordilleran peoples. There are nine main ethnolinguistic groups whose domains a ...

tribes. Its

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is the Saint William’s Cathedral, in

Tabuk Tabuk may refer to: *Tabuk, Kalinga, the capital city of Kalinga province of the Philippines *Tabuk Province, a province of Saudi Arabia **Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, capital city of the province ** Tabuk Regional Airport * Battle of Tabuk, a military ex ...

on the island of

History

Established on 6 July 1992 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution, ''Philippinarum Insularum fideles'',Pope Jon Paul II, Apostolic Constitution creating the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk
Philippinarum Insularum fideles
' (6 July 1992), ''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' 85 (1993), pp. 8-9. Novus constituitur Vicariatus Apostolicus Tabukensis appellandus. on territory split off from the then

Apostolic Vicariate of Mountain Provinces The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baguio (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baghiopolitana'') is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia on Luzon island in the Philippines. Its see is Our L ...

(now diocese of Baguio).

Ordinaries

''Apostolic Vicars of Tabuk''

References

Sources and External links

Claretian Publications; Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk

Apostolic vicariates 1992 establishments in the Philippines {{Roman Catholic dioceses in the Philippines