The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan is an

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of the

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in the

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Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan (, ; ; ), is a coastal Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen, Pangasinan, Lingayen while San Carlos, Pangasi ...

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. Its

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is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in

Dagupan Dagupan , officially the City of Dagupan (, , ), is a 2nd class independent component city in the Ilocos Region, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 174,302 people. Located on Lingayen Gulf on the northwest-central ...

with a

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, the

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, in the neighboring municipality of

Lingayen Lingayen, officially the Municipality of Lingayen (; ; ; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality and capital of the Philippine Province, province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10 ...

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

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, 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. In 1985, two new dioceses were carved out from the archdiocese: Alaminos and Urdaneta.

Coat of arms

The nimbed silver

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is the symbol of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, the titular of the

. The silver star (previously depicted as three gold Oriental crowns) refers to the Epiphany of the Lord, the titular of the

. The red wavy pile represents

Lingayen Gulf Lingayen Gulf is a large gulf on northwestern Luzon in the Philippines, stretching . It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Cordillera Central. The Agno ...

. The green field represents the "rice-bowl" of the Philippines, the whole of

and

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. 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

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Timeline of bishops

Ordinaries

Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan coat of arms

Auxiliary Bishops

Bishops & Archbishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor Archbishop

Auxiliary Bishops

Affiliated Bishops

*Jesus Juan Acosta Sison, appointed Bishop of

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in 1963. * Enrique de Vera Macaraeg, appointed Bishop of Tarlac in 2016. * Rafael T. Cruz, appointed Bishop of

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in 2024.

Suffragan Diocese and bishops

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Official website

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Archdiocese 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 associated ...

Christian organizations established in 1928 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Religion in Pangasinan Dagupan

History

Coat of arms

Timeline of bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary Bishops

Bishops & Archbishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor Archbishop

Auxiliary Bishops

Affiliated Bishops

Suffragan Diocese and bishops

See also

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