The Divine Word College of Urdaneta is a private

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educational institution of higher learning run by the Philippine Northern Province of the

Society of the Divine Word The Society of the Divine Word ( la, Societas Verbi Divini), abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic Church, Catholic clerical religious congregation ...

Urdaneta City Urdaneta, officially the City of Urdaneta ( pag, Siyudad na Urdaneta; ilo, Siyudad ti Urdaneta; fil, Lungsod ng Urdaneta), is a 2nd class component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populati ...

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. It was founded by the

Divine Word Missionaries The Society of the Divine Word ( la, Societas Verbi Divini), abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic Church, Catholic clerical religious congregation ...

in 1967. Saint

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, the first SVD missionary to

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, is the patron saint and model of the school.

School Presidents

*Fr. George Hardwart, SVD (1967 -1970) *Fr. Augustine Herbers, SVD and Fr. Panfilo Ginan, SVD (1970 – 1975) *Fr. Alfredo A. Reyes, SVD (1975 – 1979) *Fr. Luis B. Lapus, SVD (1979 – 1983) *Fr. Dennis D. Lucas, SVD (1983 – 1987) *Fr. Edwin T. Canonizado, SVD (1987 – 1990) *Fr. Michael O. Padua, SVD (1990 – 1993) *Fr. Dominador O. Ramos, SVD (1993 – 1997) *Fr. Limneo O. Dangupon, SVD (1997 – 2002) *Fr. Randolph D. Botial, SVD (2002 – 2008) *Fr. Dominador O. Ramos, SVD, (2008 – 2011) *Fr. Gil T. Manalo, SVD (2011 – 2017) *Fr. Roberto J. Ibay, SVD (2017–Present)

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