Pope Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution creating the Diocese of DumagueteSanctissima ea verba (5 April 1955), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 47 (1955), 577-579. E Bacolodensi dioecesi quaedam territoria detrahuntur e quibus nova ecclesia formatur "Dumaguetensis" appellanda.
Congregation for the Erection of Churches and Consistorial Provisions, Acts of the Sacred CongregationsActa Ss. Congregationum (1955), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 48 (1956), 148. S. Congregatio Consistorialis - Provisio Ecclesiarum