The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the

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in the Philippines.

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 component city and capital of the province of Cagayan, Phil ...

is a river delta city that became center of the archdiocese in the Province of

Cagayan Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...

, on the island of Luzon. Its seat is located at the Saint Peter's Metropolitan Cathedral.

History

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuguegarao, the present territorial jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao covers the entire province of

. The missionaries of

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first evangelized

in 1595. They brought not only the tennets of Christian faith but also western technologies, infrastructures and ideas that helped in the livelihood and welfare of the Cagayanos. On September 17, 1902,

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issued the '' Apostolic Constitution'' ''"Quae Mari Cinico"'' which sought to rehabilitate the Philippine Church. It also led to the establishment of new

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in the archipelago and among those new dioceses was Tuguegarao. However, it was the ''decree'' of the Congregation of the Sacred Consistory ''"Nova Diocesum Circumscriptio In Insulis Philippinis"'' of April 10, 1910 which put into effect the foundation of the Diocese of Tuguegarao. At the time of its foundation until 1951, its territorial jurisdiction stretches from the Batanes to

Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya ( ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Vizcaya; gad, Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; tl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya ), is a landlocked province in the ...

. The first bishop of Tuguegarao was Bishop Maurice P. Foley, D.D. and he took possession of his diocese on December 6, 1911. He convoked the first

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of Tuguegarao from April 16–19, 1912. After his appointment as bishop of Jaro, he was succeeded by Bishop Santiago C. Sancho, D.D. as the second bishop of Tuguegarao. He established the

San Jacinto Seminary San Jacinto Seminary is the only minor seminary in Cagayan Valley. Founded in 1918, it is located in Alimannao Hills, Peñablanca, Cagayan Valley, under the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is an eccles ...

in 1980 in order to cater to the formation of native clergy and it was given to the administration of Dominicans of the Collegio de San Jacinto. He convoked the second

of Tuguegarao from April 12–14, 1923. Bishop Sancho was appointed bishop of Nueva Segovia in 1927 and he was succeeded by Bishop Constant J. Jurgens, CICM, D.D. as the third bishop of Tuguegarao. He was regarded as the ''"Teaching Bishop"'' because of his priority to education as a tool for evangelization. He also promoted catechism for children and the devotion to the blessed Mother in his diocese. He convoked the third Diocesan Synod of Tuguegarao from August 27–28, 1935. Bishop Jurgens was the bishop of Tuguegarao during the

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. Bishop Jurgens resigned on May 6, 1950, and he was succeeded by his Coadjutor, Bishop Alejandro A. Olalia, D.D. He continued the rehabilitation of the diocese of Tuguegarao. He re-opened the San Jacinto Seminary as a

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18-years after it was closed by his predecessor in 1932. Bishop Olalia took part in the First Plenary Council of the Philippines in 1953. Upon his appointment as bishop of Lipa, a four-year vacancy ensued the diocese. The auxiliary bishop of Nueva Segovia, Bishop Juan C. Sison, D.D. served as

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. There were significant events that occurred in those 4 years. On June 20, 1954, the image of Our Lady of Piat was canonically crowned by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, D.D. at the patio of the St. Peter's Cathedral. He also built the present residence and offices of the bishop of Tuguegarao. In 1957, Fr. Teodulfo S. Domingo was appointed as the fourth bishop of Tuguegarao and he was the first native of

to be consecrated as

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. Bishop Domingo took part in all the session of the

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and he was a witness to the early years of the implementation of council's reforms in the diocese of Tuguegarao. On September 21, 1974, Tuguegarao was elevated as an archdiocese by

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and Bishop Teodulfo S. Domingo was appointed as the first archbishop of Tuguegarao. He is the longest serving ordinary of Tuguegarao. Having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, Archbishop Domingo resigned on January 31, 1986, and he was succeeded by the auxiliary bishop of Tuguegarao, Bishop Diosdado A. Talamayan, D.D. as the second archbishop of Tuguegarao. He founded the priestly formation institute at the Lyceum of Aparri in 1990. He took part in the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines in 1991 and later convoked the first Archdiocesan Pastoral Assembly of Tuguegarao also that same year. On March 10, 1997, the Sanctuary of the Our Lady of Piat was elevated to a

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. On June 15, 2011, Archbishop Talamayan was succeeded by Bishop Sergio L. Utleg, D.D. as the third archbishop of Tuguegarao. Archbishop Utleg is renowned of his advocacies promoting social justice and the protection of the integrity of creation. On October 18, 2019,

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accepted the resignation of Archbishop Utleg and he was succeeded by Bishop Ricardo L. Baccay, D.D. as the fourth Archbishop of Tuguegarao. He is the first archbishop of Tuguegarao from Tuguegarao City. He was installed on January 14, 2020, at the St. Peter's Metropolitan Cathedral.

Coat of Arms

Suffragan dioceses

Episcopal Ordinaries

;''Bishops'' ;''Archbishops''

Timeline of Episcopal Ordinaries

Auxiliary Bishops

Other Priests of this Diocese who became Bishops

* Miguel Gatan Purugganan† (2 March 1957 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia; later appointed as Bishop of Ilagan) *Ramon Barrera Villena (30 March 1963 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tagum; later appointed Bishop of Bayombong) * Salvador Lazo Lazo† (3 Aug 1977 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia; later appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union) * Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran† (18 Mar 2006 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe; later appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union) * Danilo Bangayan Ulep (20 May 2017 Appointed, Bishop-Prelate of Batanes)

Address

The office of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is currently located at ''The Archbishop's Palace, Rizal Street, Centro 10, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines''.

References

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