Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan
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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.
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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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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
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 |
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 |
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Auxiliary Bishops | Fidelis Bautista Layog |
Map | |
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines. | |
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Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan |
Its suffragan dioceses of San Jose and Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija, along with the dioceses of Malolos in Bulacan (suffragan of Archdiocese of Manila), and Balanga (Bataan), Iba (Zambales) and Tarlac (Tarlac; suffragans of the Archdiocese of San Fernando), form the group of dioceses in Central Luzon.