Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Border: | Catholic |
San Fernando de La Unión | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Ferdinandopolitana ab Unione |
Local: | Diócesis ti San Fernando de La Union Diyosesis ng San Fernando de La Union Diócesis de San Fernando de La Unión |
Coat: | Diocese of San Fernando Coat of Arms.svg |
Coat Size: | 150px |
Country: | Philippines |
Territory: | La Union |
Province: | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Metropolitan: | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Coordinates: | 16.6158°N 120.3175°W |
Area Km2: | 1,493 |
Population: | 853,600 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Catholics: | 730,300[1] |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Established: | 19 January 1970 |
Cathedral: | Cathedral-Parish of St. William the Hermit |
Patron: | William the Hermit Our Lady of Namacpacan |
Bishop: | Daniel Oca Presto |
Metro Archbishop: | Socrates B. Villegas |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
Website: | dioceseofcabanatuan.org |
The Diocese of San Fernando de La Union (Latin: Dioecesis Ferdinandopolitana ab Unione) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was established in 1970 from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.[2] It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
No. | Name | From | Until | Coat of Arms | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Victorino Cristobal Ligot | 6 Feb. 1970 | 18 Sept. 1980 | |||
2 | Salvador Lazo Lazo | 20 Jan. 1981 | 28 May 1993 | |||
3 | Antonio Realubin Tobias | 28 May 1993 | 25 Nov. 2003 | |||
4 | Artemio Lomboy Rillera, SVD | 1 Apr. 2005 | 13 Nov. 2011 | |||
Sede Vacante - Apostolic Administrator | Socrates B. Villegas, DD | 13 Nov. 2011 | 19 Jan. 2013 | |||
5 | Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran | 19 Jan. 2013 | 17 Jun. 2017 | |||
Sede Vacante - Apostolic Administrator | Victor B. Bendico, DD | 17 June 2017 | 02 Aug. 2018 | |||
6 | Daniel Oca Presto | 2 Aug. 2018 | present |