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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
Archidioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis
Arkidiosis na Lingayen-Dagupan
Arkidiocesis ti Lingayen-Dagupan
Dagupan Church facade.JPG
Location
Country Philippines
Territory Lingayen-Dagupan
Ecclesiastical province Pangasinan
Statistics
Area 1,565 km2 (604 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,215,000
1,002,000 (82.5%)
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 Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Church
Patron saint St John the Evangelist
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas
Emeritus Bishops Oscar Cruz Archbishop Emeritus (1991-2009)
Map
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese


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 neighboring city of Lingayen.

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

The ordinaries or bishops and archbishops of the diocese:

The archdioceses has five suffragan dioceses:

The archdiocese has four vicariates:


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