The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos ('' la, Dioecesis Alaminensis'') is a

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diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

of the

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of the

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in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. The diocese was erected on January 12, 1985, and comprises 14 municipalities in the western part of the province of

Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...

. The diocese has experience no jurisdictional changes, and is a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

. The see became vacant upon the appointment of Bishop

Ricardo Lingan Baccay Ricardo Lingan Baccay (born April 3, 1961) is the fourth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao. Biography Ricardo Lingan Baccay was born in Tuguegarao on April 3, 1961. Finishing his secondary studies in San Jacinto Seminary, his courses i ...

as archbishop of

Tuguegarao Tuguegarao ( or ), officially the City of Tuguegarao ( ibg, Siyudad nat Tugegaraw; itv, Siyudad yo Tugegaraw; ilo, Siudad ti Tuguegarao; fil, Lungsod ng Tuguegarao ), is a 3rd class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component ci ...

on October 18, 2019. On January 14, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Fidelis Bautista Layog Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan as the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese.

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catholic-hierarchy-diocese of alaminoscbcponline.org – diocese of alaminos
{{authority control Alaminos Alaminos Christian organizations established in 1985 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religion in Pangasinan 1985 establishments in the Philippines

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