The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabankalan (Lat: ''Dioecesis Cabancalensis'') is a

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of the

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in central

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. The

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diocese is centered in the City of Kabankalan in

Negros Occidental Negros Occidental (; ), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Negros, Negros Island. Its capital is the city of Bacolod, of which it is geographically s ...

province and covers the southern part of the province. The diocese was created in 1987, when the

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was split into three dioceses. The other new diocese created is the Diocese of San Carlos, which covers the northeastern part of

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and includes former parishes of the Diocese of Dumaguete in

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province. The Diocese of Kabankalan is a suffragan of the

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like the other two dioceses of Negros Occidental."Jurisdictions - Diocese of Kabankalan"
CBCP Online. Retrieved on 2014-11-04. The titular patron of the diocese is

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whose feast is celebrated every December 3. The seat of the bishop is the Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Kabankalan. The diocesan cathedral is one of the 12 churches founded by the

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that are now Catholic cathedrals in the

Diocesan Coat of Arms

The yellow background is the color of the Church and of the Papacy. It was for Our Lord’s Church and for his visible representative on earth that ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, the Patron of the Diocese of Kabankalan, incessantly worked and offered his life as a Jesuit missionary. The cross and the hand holding it belongs to this dauntless Saint, who journeyed throughout Asia and the Pacific to set the torch of Faith, Hope and Charity ablaze in the hearts and in the lives of people he converted to Christianity. The clear skies, the mountains ranges and the sugarcane depict the typical milieu in the Diocese of Kabankalan. The stalks of sugarcane, which remain the chief produce of Negros Island, depict the aim of the Diocese to be in solidarity with its people.

Jurisdiction

The Diocese of Kabankalan comprises the entire southern portion of Negros Occidental, extending from the town of La Castellana, just below La Carlota City, all the way to Hinoba-an on the southernmost coast. It covers 11

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and

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of the province occupying a total land area of and, as of 2011, a population of 769,393 of which 80 per cent are Catholics. The cities and municipalities under the Diocese of Kabankalan are Kabankalan,

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, Isabela, Moises Padilla, La Castellana,

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, Cauayan,

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, and Hinoba-an.

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Kabankalan Kabankalan, officially the City of Kabankalan (; ; , Spanish: ''Ciudad de Cabancalán''), is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2025 census, it has a population of 330,378 people making it th ...

Christian organizations established in 1987 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religion in Negros Occidental

Diocesan Coat of Arms

Jurisdiction

Ordinaries

See also

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