Roman Catholic 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 City with a co-cathedral, the Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Church, in the neighboring municipality of Lingayen.

Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

Archidioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis

Arkidiosis na Lingayen-Dagupan
Arkidiocesis ti Lingayen-Dagupan
Arkidiyosesis ng Lingayen-Dagupan
Arquidiócesis de Lingayén-Dagupán
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Archdiocesan coat of arms
Location
Country Philippines
TerritoryCentral Pangasinan (Basista, Bautista, Bayambang, Binmaley, Calasiao, Dagupan, Laoac, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mapandan, San Carlos, San Fabian, San Jacinto, Santa Barbara, Urbiztondo
Ecclesiastical provinceLingayen-Dagupan
Statistics
Area1,565 km2 (604 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
1,215,000
1,002,000 (82.5%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established19 May 1928
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral and Parish of the Epiphany of Our Lord
Patron saintSt. John the Evangelist
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopSocrates Buenaventura Villegas
Auxiliary BishopsFidelis Bautista Layog
Map

Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Dagupan City.

History

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

Coat of Arms

The nimbed silver eagle is the symbol of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, the titular of the cathedral at Dagupan. The three gold Oriental crowns represent the Three Wise Kings, the titular of the co-cathedral at Lingayen. The red wavy pile represents the 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 whose shrine in Manaoag is the jewel of the archdiocese.[2]

Timeline of bishops

Ordinaries
Socrates VillegasOscar Cruz

Auxiliary Bishops

Bishops

Ordinaries
No. Picture Name From Until Coat of arms
1Cesar Ma. Guerrero22 February 192916 December 1937
2Mariano Madriaga17 March 19387 February 1973
3Federico G. Limon, SVD7 February 197315 July 1991
4Oscar V. Cruz15 July 19918 September 2009
5Socrates B. Villegas4 November 2009present

Auxiliary Bishops
No. Picture Name From Until Coat of arms
1Francisco Raval Cruces2 April 19684 March 1970

(appointed Bishop of Ilagan)

2Jesus Aputen Cabrera5 May 198022 April 1985

(appointed Bishop of Alaminos)

3Renato Pine Mayugba18 October 200512 October 2012 (appointed Bishop of Laoag)
4Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao31 May 201624 May 2018

(appointed Bishop of Bayombong)

5Fidelis Bautista Layog18 March 2019present

Affiliated Bishops
  • Jesus Juan Acosta Sison, appointed Bishop of Tarlac in 1963
  • Enrique de Vera Macaraeg, appointed Bishop of Tarlac in 2016

Suffragan dioceses

The archdiocese has five suffragan dioceses:

See also

References
  1. "Catholic Hierarchy". Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  2. 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. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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