Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan

Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

*Archidioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis*

Arkidiosis na Lingayen-Dagupan
Arkidiocesis ti Lingayen-Dagupan
Arkidiyosesis ng Lingayen-Dagupan
Arquidiócesis de Lingayén-Dagúpan
Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan; Archidioecesis Lingayensis-Dagupanensis; Arkidiosis na Lingayen-Dagupan; Arkidiocesis ti Lingayen-Dagupan ; Arkidiyosesis ng Lingayen-Dagupan ; Arquidiócesis de Lingayén-Dagúpan
Catholic
	Dagupan Cathedral
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Central Pangasinan (Basista, Bautista, Bayambang, Binmaley, Calasiao, Dagupan, Laoac, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mapandan, San Carlos, San Fabian, San Jacinto, Santa Barbara, Urbiztondo)
Ecclesiastical province	Lingayen-Dagupan
Metropolitan	Lingayen-Dagupan
Coordinates	16°02′32″N 120°20′04″E / 16.04215°N 120.33433°E
Statistics
Area	1,565 km2 (604 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2021); 1,494,300; 1,209,250 (80.9%)
Parishes	52
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	Co-Cathedral and Parish of the Epiphany of Our Lord
Patron saint	St. John the Evangelist
Secular priests	76
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Socrates Buenaventura Villegas
Suffragans	Napoleon Sipalay(Alaminos); Sofronio Aguirre Bancud(Cabanatuan); Daniel Oca Presto(San Fernando de La Union); Roberto Mallari(San Jose); Jacinto Jose(Urdaneta);
Auxiliary Bishops	Fidelis Bautista Layog
Map
	; Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
	Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

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 the neighboring municipality of Lingayen.

History

The Diocese of Lingayen was created on May 19, 1928, comprising the entire province of Pangasinan. In 1954, because of the destruction brought on Lingayen by World War II, the see was transferred to Dagupan, thus renaming the diocese as the Diocese of Lingayen–Dagupan. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1963.^[2]^[3] In 1985, two new dioceses were carved out from the archdiocese: Alaminos and Urdaneta.

Coat of arms

The nimbed silver eagle is the symbol of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, the titular of the cathedral at Dagupan. The silver star (previously depicted as three gold Oriental crowns) refers to the Epiphany of the Lord, the titular of the co-cathedral at Lingayen. The red wavy pile represents Lingayen Gulf. The green field represents the "rice-bowl" of the Philippines, the whole of Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija. The three heraldic roses represent our Lady, the Mystical Rose, who is venerated in the archdiocese under three titles: Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag; Our Lady of Purification; and Mary Help of Christians.^[4]^[5]

Timeline of bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary Bishops

Bishops & Archbishops

Ordinaries

No.	Name	From	Until
1	Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez	February 22, 1929	December 16, 1937
2	Mariano Aspiras Madriaga	March 17, 1938	February 7, 1973
3	Federico Guba Limon	February 7, 1973	July 15, 1991
4	Oscar Valero Cruz	July 15, 1991	November 4, 2009
5	Socrates Buenaventura Villegas	November 4, 2009	present

Auxiliary Bishops

No.	Name	From	Until
1	Francisco Raval Cruces	April 2, 1968	March 4, 1970 (appointed Bishop of Ilagan)
2	Jesus Aputen Cabrera	May 5, 1980	April 22, 1985 (appointed Bishop of Alaminos)
3	Renato Pine Mayugba	October 18, 2005	October 12, 2012 (appointed Bishop of Laoag)
4	Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao	May 31, 2016	May 24, 2018 (appointed Bishop of Bayombong)
5	Fidelis Bautista Layog	March 18, 2019	present