Diocese of San Pablo
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Diocese of San Pablo Dioecesis Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis Diyosesis ng San Pablo |
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | Laguna |
| Ecclesiastical province | Manila |
| Metropolitan | Manila |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,203 km2 (464 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 3,005,785 2,632,244 (87.4%%) |
| Parishes | 86 |
| Schools | 37 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | November 28, 1966 |
| Cathedral | Saint Paul the First Hermit Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Paul the First Hermit |
| Secular priests | 124 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Buenaventura M. Famadico |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Luis Antonio Tagle |
| Vicar General | Jerry V. Bitoon |
| Emeritus Bishops | Leo M. Drona |
| Website | |
| www.dioceseofsanpablo.com | |
The Diocese of San Pablo (Filipino: Diyosesis ng San Pablo, Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis) is a Roman Catholic diocese which is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila. Its patron saint or titular head is Saint Paul the Hermit.
The diocese covers the entire province of Laguna. It is bordered southwest by the Archdiocese of Lipa in Batangas, north by the Diocese of Antipolo in Rizal and the Laguna de Bay, west by the Diocese of Imus in Cavite, east by the Prelature of Infanta and southeast by the Diocese of Lucena in Quezon, and northwest by the Diocese of Parañaque in Metro Manila.
Augustinian priests in 1586 erected a parish known as the "Parish of San Pablo delos Montes". In 1910, Catholics in the current diocese became part of the Archdiocese of Lipa, and on November 28, 1966 the current dioceses was erected as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila. Pedro Bantigue y Natividad was installed as its first bishop on April 18, 1967, and becoming its Bishop Emeritus in 1995 until his death in 2012.
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