Territorial Prelature of Batanes Praelatura Territorialis Batanensis Prelatura Teritoryal ng Batanes Prelatura Territorial de Batanes | |
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| Catholic | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | Batanes |
| Metropolitan | Tuguegarao[1] |
| Coordinates | 20°27′03″N 121°58′10″E / 20.45094°N 121.96950°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 784 km2 (303 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 18,867 17,795[2] (94.3%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Prelate | Danilo B. Ulep |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ricardo L. Baccay |
The Territorial Prelature of Batanes (in Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Batanensis) is a Latin Church pre-diocesan, non-missionary jurisdiction of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao[3] on Luzon island in the Philippines.
The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral is the episcopal seat of the territorial prelate, in Basco, Batanes. The current bishop-prelate is Danilo B. Ulep.
- ^ "Batanes (Territorial Prelature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
- ^ "Batanes (Territorial Prelature)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- ^ "Batanes (Territorial Prelature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".