Vicente Macanan Navarra (born 22 January 1939) is the Bishop Emeritus of Bacolod since the appointment of Bishop Patricio A. Buzon as his successor. He served the Diocese of Bacolod from 24 May 2001 until 24 May 2016.
Navarra was born on 22 January 1939, in Mambusao, Capiz , the youngest of four children of Doroteo Navarra and Virginia Macanan.[ 1]
He was ordained a priest on 7 April 1962.[ 2]
On 13 April 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Capiz and Titular bishop of Velefi. He was consecrated on 26 June of the same year by the Archbishop of Capiz, Antonio José Frondosa.[ 2]
He was appointed as the first bishop of the newly established Diocese of Kabankalan on 21 November 1987. On 24 May 2001, he was transferred to the see of the Diocese of Bacolod.[ 2]
Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 24 May 2016 after reaching the mandatory age of 75.[ 3]
Dioecesis Bacolodensis
Territories Ordinaries Cathedral Shrines
Diocesan Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sacred Heart Santo Niño
Monastery Parishes
Vicariate of San Sebastian – Cathedral San Sebastian St. Therese of the Child Jesus Quasi-Parish (Bacolod) Our Lady of Fatima (Bacolod) Nuestra Señora De Salvacion (Bacolod) St. Matthew Quasi-Parish (Bacolod) Sto. Niño Chaplaincy (Bacolod) Vicariate of San Diego – Silay San Diego Pro-Cathedral St. Isidore the Farmer Quasi-Parish (Silay) Immaculate Conception (Talisay, Negros Occidental) San Pedro Bautista (Talisay, Negros Occidental) Sto. Tomas de Villanueva (Silay) Vicariate of Sta. Maria Magdalena – Hinigaran Sta. Maria Magdalena (Hinigaran) St. Michael the Archangel (Pontevedra, Negros Occidental) Sta. Helena Quasi-Parish (Hinigaran) Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (Pontevedra, Negros Occidental) St. Francis Xavier Quasi-Parish (Hinigaran) Mary Help of Christians (Hinigaran) Our Lady of Peace & Good Voyage (Pontevedra, Negros Occidental) Vicariate of Our Lady of Peace – La Carlota Our Lady of Peace (La Carlota, Negros Occidental) St. Vincent Ferrer (La Carlota, Negros Occidental) Immaculate Conception Quasi-Parish (Bago, Negros Occidental) Our Lady of the Pillar (Bago, Negros Occidental) Vicariate of St. John the Baptist – Bago St. John the Baptist (Bago, Negros Occidental) Our Lady of Guadalupe (Valladolid, Negros Occidental) Our Lady of Lourdes (Pulupandan) Divine Mercy Quasi-Parish (Bago, Negros Occidental) St. John Paul II (Valladolid, Negros Occidental) Our Lady of Lourdes (Bago, Negros Occidental) Vicariate of St. John Nepomuceno – Sum-ag St. John Nepomuceno (Bacolod) St. John the Baptist Quasi-Parish (Bacolod) Sto. Niño Chaplaincy (Bacolod) Our Lady of Compassion Chaplaincy (Bacolod) San Isidro Labrador (Bacolod) Vicariate of St. Jude Thaddeus – Alijis St. Jude Thaddeus (Bacolod) Immaculate Conception (Bacolod) Holy Family (Bacolod) Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish (Bacolod) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chaplaincy (Bacolod) Vicariate of San Antonio Abad – Abad San Antonio Abad (Bacolod) Our Lady of Peace & Good Voyage (Bacolod) St. Joseph Husband of Mary (Bacolod) St. Joseph the Worker (Bacolod) Holy Family (Bacolod) Vicariate of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception – Murcia Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Murcia, Negros Occidental) St. Joseph the Worker Quasi-Parish (Bacolod) Vicariate of the Triumph of the Holy Cross – Camingawan Triumph of the Holy Cross (Bacolod) Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish (Bacolod) Our Lady of Lourdes (Bacolod) Our Lady of Candles (Bacolod) Sto. Niño Quasi-Parish (Bacolod) Our Lady of the Miraculous (Bacolod) Vicariate of the Queen of Peace – Redemptorists Queen of Peace (Bacolod) Our Lady of Lourdes (Bacolod) Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish (Bacolod) Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Chaplaincy (Bacolod) St. Joseph Chaplaincy (Bacolod) Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Chapel (Bacolod) Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel (Bacolod) University of St. La Salle Chapel (Bacolod) Vicariate of Our Lady of Victory – Victorias Our Lady of Victory (Victorias, Negros Occidental) St. Roch (Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental) St. Joseph the Worker (Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental) San Roque (Victorias, Negros Occidental) Our Lady of Guadalupe Quasi-Parish (Victorias, Negros Occidental) St. Joseph the Worker Chapel (Victorias, Negros Occidental)
Seminary
Dioecesis Cabancalensis
Territories Ordinaries Cathedral Shrine
Diocesan San Vicente Ferrer (La Castellana, Negros Occidental)
Parishes
Vicariate of Kabankalan Saint Francis Xavier Chaplaincy of Nuestra Señora De La Candelaria San Isidro Labrador Chaplaincy of St. John the Baptist Chaplaincy of St. Joseph Christ the King Chaplaincy of San Lorenzo Ruiz Chaplaincy of San Vicente Ferrer Chaplaincy of San Antonio Abad Shrine of St. Therese of the Child Jesus Vicariate of Binalbagan San Isidro Labrador Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Himamaylan) Our Lady of Snows (Himamaylan) San Ramon Nonato (Himamaylan) Chaplaincy of Holy Family (Himamaylan) Vicariate of Isabela San Nicholas Tolentino (Isabela, Negros Occidental) San Isidro Labrador (Moises Padilla) San Vicente Ferrer (La Castellana, Negros Occidental) Nuestra Señora De Salvacion (La Castellana, Negros Occidental) St. Blaise (Binalbagan) Quasi Parish of St. Joseph (Isabela, Negros Occidental) Vicariate of Dancalan St. Francis Borgia (Cauayan, Negros Occidental) Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Ilog, Negros Occidental) St. John the Baptist (Ilog, Negros Occidental) Our Lady of Lourdes (Candoni) St. Paul (Cauayan, Negros Occidental) Vicariate of Sipalay St. Joseph the Husband of Mary (Cauayan, Negros Occidental) Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sipalay) St. Joseph the Worker (Sipalay) Our Lady of Sorrows (Hinoba-an) St. Michael the Archangel (Hinoba-an) Nuestra Señora De La Candelaria (Hinoba-an)