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
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

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.

History

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, and the diocese was named as the Diocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1963.[1][2]

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 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 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, 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.[3][4]

Timeline of bishops

Ordinaries
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Lingayen (1938-1954) designed by then-bishop Mariano Madriaga.
Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan first used in 1954 and designed by Archbishop Mariano Madriaga. This variant used three Oriental crowns representing the Three Wise Men.
Socrates VillegasOscar Cruz

Auxiliary Bishops

Bishops

Ordinaries
No. Picture Name From Until Coat of arms
1Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez22 February 192916 December 1937
2Mariano Aspiras Madriaga17 March 19387 February 1973
3Federico Guba Limon, S.V.D.7 February 197315 July 1991
4Oscar Valero Cruz15 July 19918 September 2009
5Socrates Buenaventura Villegas, O.P.4 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. "History of the Archdiocese". Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  3. 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 7 June 2021.
  4. "COAT OF ARMS OF HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REV. SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS, DD". The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015.

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