Diocese of San Fernando de La Unión Dioecesis Ferdinandopolitanus ab Unione Diyosesis ng San Fernando ng Union |
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Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Ecclesiastical province | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Metropolitan | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,493 km2 (576 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 760,000 654,000 (86.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 January 1970 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. William the Hermit |
Patron saint | St William of Maleval |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Socrates B. Villegas |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de La Union (Latin: Dioecesis Ferdinandopolitanus ab Unione) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was established in 1970 from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.