Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
Archidioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis
Arkidiosis na Lingayen-Dagupan
Arkidiocesis ti Lingayen-Dagupan

Location
Country  Philippines
Territory Lingayen-Dagupan
Ecclesiastical province Pangasinan
Statistics
Area 1,565 km2 (604 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
1,215,000
1,002,000 (82.5%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established May 19, 1928
Cathedral Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Co-cathedral Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Church
Patron saint John the Evangelist
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas
Emeritus Bishops Oscar Cruz Archbishop Emeritus (1991-2009)
Map

Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
Coat of Arms
The Archbishop Chair, St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, Dagupan.


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Province of Pangasinan, Philippines. Its cathedral is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Dagupan with a co-cathedral, the Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Church, in neighboring city of Lingayen.

History

The Diocese of Lingayen was created in 1928 and renamed Lingayen-Dagupan in 1954. It became an archdiocese in 1963.[1]

Past and present ordinaries

The ordinaries or bishops and archbishops of the diocese:

Suffragan dioceses

The archdioceses has five suffragan dioceses:

Organization

The archdiocese has five vicariates:

Vicariate I: Vicariate of Saints Peter and Paul

Vicariate II: Vicariate of Epiphany of Our Lord (Queen of Angels)

Vicariate III: Vicariate of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Queen of the Most Holy Rosary)

Vicariate IV: Vicariate of Saint Dominic of Guzman (Queen of Peace)

Vicariate V: Vicariate of Saint Vincent Ferrer

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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