Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan
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Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan Archidioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis Arkidiosis na Lingayen-Dagupan Arkidiocesis ti Lingayen-Dagupan Arkidiyosesis ng Lingayen-Dagupan Arquidiócesis de Lingayén-Dagúpan | |
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Location | |
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Territory | Central Pangasinan (Basista, Bautista, Bayambang, Binmaley, Calasiao, Dagupan, Laoac, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mapandan, San Carlos, San Fabian, San Jacinto, Santa Barbara, Urbiztondo) |
Ecclesiastical province | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Metropolitan | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Coordinates | 16°02′32″N 120°20′04″E / 16.04215°N 120.33433°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,565 km2 (604 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,494,300 1,209,250[1] (80.9%) |
Parishes | 52 |
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 | Co-Cathedral and Parish of the Epiphany of Our Lord |
Patron saint | St. John the Evangelist |
Secular priests | 76 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Socrates Buenaventura Villegas |
Suffragans |
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Auxiliary Bishops | Fidelis Bautista Layog |
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Archdiocese of Lingayen-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 the neighboring municipality of Lingayen.
History
[edit]The Diocese of Lingayen was created on May 19, 1928, comprising the entire province of Pangasinan. In 1954, because of the destruction brought on Lingayen by World War II, the see was transferred to Dagupan, thus renaming the diocese as the Diocese of Lingayen–Dagupan. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1963.[2][3] In 1985, two new dioceses were carved out from the archdiocese: Alaminos and Urdaneta.
Coat of arms
[edit]The nimbed silver eagle is the symbol of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, the titular of the cathedral at Dagupan. The silver star (previously depicted as three gold Oriental crowns) refers to the Epiphany of the Lord, the titular of the co-cathedral at Lingayen. The red wavy pile represents Lingayen Gulf. The green field represents the "rice-bowl" of the Philippines, the whole of Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija. The three heraldic roses represent our Lady, the Mystical Rose, who is venerated in the archdiocese under three titles: Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag; Our Lady of Purification; and Mary Help of Christians.[4][5]
Timeline of bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
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Auxiliary Bishops
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Bishops & Archbishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]No. | Picture | Name | From | Until | Coat of arms |
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1 | ![]() |
Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez | February 22, 1929 | December 16, 1937 | ![]() |
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Mariano Aspiras Madriaga | March 17, 1938 | February 7, 1973 | ![]() |
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Federico Guba Limon | February 7, 1973 | July 15, 1991 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
Oscar Valero Cruz | July 15, 1991 | November 4, 2009 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
Socrates Buenaventura Villegas | November 4, 2009 | present | ![]() |
Auxiliary Bishops
[edit]No. | Picture | Name | From | Until | Coat of arms |
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1 | ![]() |
Francisco Raval Cruces | April 2, 1968 | March 4, 1970
(appointed Bishop of Ilagan) |
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Jesus Aputen Cabrera | May 5, 1980 | April 22, 1985
(appointed Bishop of Alaminos) |
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3 | ![]() |
Renato Pine Mayugba | October 18, 2005 | October 12, 2012 (appointed Bishop of Laoag) | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao | May 31, 2016 | May 24, 2018
(appointed Bishop of Bayombong) |
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5 | ![]() |
Fidelis Bautista Layog | March 18, 2019 | present | ![]() |
Affiliated Bishops
[edit]- Jesus Juan Acosta Sison, appointed Bishop of Tarlac in 1963
- Enrique de Vera Macaraeg, appointed Bishop of Tarlac in 2016
Suffragan dioceses
[edit]The archdiocese has five suffragan dioceses:
- Diocese of Alaminos
- Diocese of Cabanatuan
- Diocese of San Fernando de La Union
- Diocese of San Jose de Nueva Ecija
- Diocese of Urdaneta
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lingayen-Dagupan (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ "History of the Archdiocese". Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ Madriaga, Mariano (1957). "The Coats-of-Arms of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in the Philippines: Part II. The Suffragan Sees in the Luzon Area". Philippine Studies. 5 (4): 420–430. JSTOR 42719342. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "COAT OF ARMS OF HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REV. SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS, DD". The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.