Diocese of San Pablo
| Diocese of San Pablo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manila |
| Diocesan bishop | Buenaventura M. Famadico |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Leo Murphy Drona SDS |
| founding | 1966 |
| surface | 1,824 km² |
| Parishes | 86 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 3,634,272 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 3,052,485 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 84% |
| Diocesan priest | 121 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 79 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,262 |
| Friars | 317 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 335 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | St. Paul the First Hermit Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.dioceseofsanpablo.com/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Pablo City .
history
The diocese of San Pablo was on November 28, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiarum per ampla from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Lipa and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manila as a suffragan .
It includes the province of Laguna .
Bishops of San Pablo
- Pedro Bantigue y Natividad , 1967-1995
- Francisco San Diego , 1995–2003, then Bishop of Pasig
- Leo Murphy Drona SDS , 2004-2013
- Buenaventura M. Famadico , since 2013
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of San Pablo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Ecclesiarum per ampla , AAS 59 (1967), n.8, p. 531f.
