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The Diocese of Kabankalan (Lat: Dioecesis Cabancalensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church in central Philippines. The diocese is centered in the Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental province and covers the southern part of the province. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro like the other two dioceses of Negros Occidental. The titular patron of the diocese is Francis Xavier, whose feast day is December 3. The seat of the bishop is the New Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Kabankalan. Its former diocesan cathedral was one of the 12 churches founded by the Order of Augustinian Recollects that are now Catholic cathedrals in the Philippines. The diocese is currently sede vacante. Bishop Louie Patalinghug Galbines was the most recent bishop of Kabankalan, who was appointed as the seventh bishop of Bacolod by Pope Leo XIV on May 14, 2026. On August 11, 2026, Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop Midyphil Billones, Metropolitan Archbishop of Jaro as its apostolic administrator while the diocese awaits for the appointment of a new bishop.
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