Diocese of Pasig
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Diocese of Pasig Dioecesis Pasiginae Diyosesis ng Pasig |
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | Pasig, Taguig, Pateros |
| Ecclesiastical province | Manila |
| Metropolitan | Manila |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 78 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Population - Total |
(as of 2006) 960,407 |
| Parishes | 27 regular parishes, 1 personal parish (Korean), 2 quasi-parishes |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | June 28, 2003 (canonically erected on August 21, 2003) |
| Cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
| Secular priests | 34 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Most Rev. Mylo Hubert C. Vergara, D.D. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Luis Antonio Tagle |
| Vicar General | Orlando B. Cantillon |
| Website | |
| The Official Website of the Diocese of Pasig | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig (Latin: Dioecesis Pasiginae) (Filipino: Diyosesis ng Pasig) is the diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines that comprises Pasig City, Pateros, and Taguig City. It was established by Pope John Paul II on June 28, 2003 by virtue of the Papal Bull Deus Caritas. It was formally inaugurated on August 21, 2003, with the installation of Most Reverend Francisco C. San Diego, DD. as its first bishop. The Immaculate Conception Parish, located in the central vicinity of Pasig, was made the cathedral or the seat of the diocese.
Prior to the establishment as a local church, the present-day Diocese of Pasig used to be a part of the Archdiocese of Manila (largely under the Ecclesiastical District of Makati). The Vicariate of Santo Tomas de Villanueva was then under the Diocese of Antipolo.
By the 1940s and the early 1950s, the churches of Pasig (Immaculate Conception), Pateros (San Roque), and Taguig (Saint Anne) were considered to be benchmark churches in what today the diocese comprises. In 1953, the community of Santolan, Pasig was granted a parish of their own, Santo Tomas de Villanueva Parish, followed by the Parishes of Santo Rosario in Rosario, Pasig and Bicutan, Taguig (1963) and the parishes of Saint John the Baptist (Tipas, Taguig) and Santa Rosa de Lima (Bagong Ilog, Pasig), both erected in 1969. Another parish was erected years after, in 1976, under the title of Holy Family which comprises Barrio Kapitolyo and Pineda in Pasig.
The northeastern side of Pasig, which comprises Manggahan, Santolan, De La Paz, Santa Lucia, and Rosario were given to the newly established Diocese of Antipolo in 1983. Between 1985 and 1995, six chapels of the Immaculate Conception Parish were elevated as independent parishes.
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