Diocese of Balanga

The Diocese of Balanga is one of the 72 ecclesiastical territories called dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It comprises the whole province of Bataan. It was established on March 17, 1975, appointing the Most Rev. Celso Guevarra as the first Bishop on June 4, 1975. On July 3, 2004, Bishop Socrates B. Villegas was appointed as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Balanga; he was named Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan