Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos

Diocese of Alaminos Dioecesis Alaminensis Diosis na Alaminos Diocesis ti Alaminos
Cathedral of St Joseph
Location
Country	Philippines
Ecclesiastical province	Lingayen-Dagupan
Metropolitan	Lingayen-Dagupan
Statistics
Area	2,449 km2 (946 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 660,000 545,000 (82.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 January 1985
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Joseph in Alaminos, Pangasinan
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ricardo Lingan Baccay
Metropolitan Archbishop	Socrates B. Villegas
Emeritus Bishops	Jesus Aputen Cabrera Bishop Emeritus (1985-2007)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos (Latin: Dioecesis Alaminensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

The diocese was erected in 1985 from the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan with the bishop's see at Alaminos, Pangasinan.

It was created and erected, January 12, 1985, and comprises 14 municipalities in the western part of the province of Pangasinan. Titular: St. Joseph the Patriarch, March 19. The diocese has experience no jurisdictional changes, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.

The current bishop is Bishop Ricardo Lingan Baccay who succeeded Bishop Marlo Mendoza Peralta after his appointment as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.

Born: December 12, 1940 in Manila. Ordained Priest: April 11, 1964. Appointed titular Bishop of Tisiduo and Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan: May 9, 1980. Ordained Bishop: July 1, 1980. Appointed first Bishop of Alaminos: April 22, 1985. Installed: June 28, 1985. Retired: July 1, 2007.

Shepherd's Home Makatiw, 2404 Alaminos City, Pangasinan Tel. (075) 696-2208

Born: July 13, 1950 in San Carlos City, Pangasinan. Ordained Priest: March 31, 1975. Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Alaminos: January 14, 2006. Ordained Bishop: March 31, 2006. Installed: April 28, 2006. Bishop of Alaminos by succession: July 1, 2007. Term Ended: December 30, 2013 (Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Segovia)

Bishop’s Residence 2404 Alaminos, Pangasinan Tel. (075) 552-7062 Tel./Fax (075) 654-0043

Augustinian Recollect Cathedrals and Churches in Luzon

Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Alaminos City, Pangasinan. In the past the Alaminos City had various names (San Jose de Soyang, San Jose de Casborran, Sarapsap) and underwent several transfers and locations except, for a gap of half a century, the Recollects stayed at Alaminos since its foundation in 1610 until the Philippine Revolution of 1896. A great fire reduced the town into ashes and it was thereafter renamed Sarapsap. The actual name was taken after Governor General Juan de Alaminos who visited it in 1872.