Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod

Diocese of Bacolod Dioecesis Bacolodensis Diyosesis sang Bacolod Diyosesis ng Bacolod Diócesis de Bacolod
Catholic
San Sebastian Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	3rd and 4th congressional districts of Negros Occidental (Bago, Enrique B. Magalona, La Carlota, Murcia, Pontevedra, Pulupandan, San Enrique, Silay, Talisay, Valladolid, Victorias) plus Hinigaran Bacolod City[1]
Ecclesiastical province	Jaro[2]
Metropolitan	Jaro
Coordinates	10°40′N 122°57′E / 10.667°N 122.950°E / 10.667; 122.950
Statistics
Area	2,019 km2 (780 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,634,870 1,291,547[4] (79%)
Parishes	70[2]
Schools	32[3]
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 15, 1932[5]
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Sebastian
Co-cathedral	San Diego Pro-cathedral
Patron saint	Sebastian
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Patricio Buzon
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jose Romeo Lazo
Bishops emeritus	Vicente M. Navarra

The Diocese of Bacolod is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Negros Occidental, Philippines. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro,^[6] its jurisdiction covers most of the northwestern towns and cities of the province of Negros Occidental namely, as far as Victorias City in the north and the Municipality of Hinigaran in the south.^[7]

The seat of the diocese is the San Sebastian Cathedral in Bacolod (one of 12 cathedrals founded by the Order of Augustinian Recollects in the Philippines) with the San Diego Pro-cathedral in Silay as the diocese's pro-cathedral.^[8] The current bishop is Patricio Abella Buzon, SDB, appointed on May 24, 2016, and installed on August 9, 2016.