Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi (Lat: Dioecesis Legazpiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.The diocese was erected in 1951 from territory in the Archdiocese of Caceres.In 1974 the diocese was subdivided to form the Diocese of Virac.The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Caceres.Former Masbate bishop Joel Bong Baylon is the new and most recent bishop of Legazpi.