Archdiocese of Lipa

	Archdiocese of Lipa
Basic data
Country	Philippines
Diocesan bishop	Gilbert Garcera (appointed)
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Ramón Cabrera Argüelles
founding	1910
surface	3,166 km²
Parishes	63 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	2,982,704 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	2,805,795 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	94.1%
Diocesan priest	117 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	117 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	11,991
Friars	281 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	313 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Filipino ; English
cathedral	San Sebastian Cathedral
Website	www.archlipa.org
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Boac ; Diocese of Gumaca ; Territorial Prelature of Infanta ; Diocese of Lucena

San Sebastian Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa ( lat. : Archidioecesis Lipensis ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Lipa City . It includes the Batangas Province .

history

Pope Pius X founded the Diocese of Lipa on April 10, 1910 from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Cáceres and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manila as a suffragan .

With the Apostolic Constitution Qui summi Numinis on June 20, 1972, it was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese .

It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:

on July 2, 1936 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro ;
on March 28, 1950 to the diocese of Lucena ;
on April 25, 1950 to the Territorial Prelature of Infanta ;
on November 28, 1966 to the Diocese of San Pablo .

Important churches

Minor Basilica of St. Martin of Tours

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lipa

Giuseppe Petrelli (April 12, 1910 - March 30, 1915, then official of the Curia )
Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin (September 6, 1916 - February 25, 1951, retired)
Alejandro Olalia (December 28, 1953 - June 20, 1972)

Archbishops of Lipa

Alejandro Olalia (June 20, 1972 - January 2, 1973, died)
Ricardo Jamin Vidal (August 22, 1973 - April 13, 1981, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu )
Mariano Gaviola y Garcés (April 13, 1981 - December 30, 1992, resigned)
Gaudencio Borbon Rosales (December 30, 1992 - September 15, 2003, then Archbishop of Manila )
Ramón Cabrera Argüelles (May 14, 2004 - February 2, 2017)
Gilbert Garcera (since February 2, 2017)

Alleged apparition of Mary

In 1948, Our Lady is said to have appeared to a novice in the Carmel of Lipa . In 1951 the Archdiocese of Lipa initially prohibited worship. In 2015, Archbishop Argüelles recognized the apparition as supernatural. The recognition as a place of apparition was revoked in June 2016 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the apparition was rejected as not supernatural .

statistics

year	population			priest				Permanent deacons	Religious		Parishes
year	Catholics	Residents	%	Total number	Diocesan priest	Religious priest	Catholics per priest	Permanent deacons	male	Female	Parishes
1950	731,679	816,528	89.6	106	82	24	6,902		14th	60	70
1969	733,868	756.262	97.0	91	56	35	8,064		46	140	41
1980	1,129,000	1,163,000	97.1	94	68	26th	12,010		114	117	44
1990	1,319,145	1,409,145	93.6	104	70	34	12,684		146	154	46
1999	1,664,563	1,786,833	93.2	133	105	28	12,515		135	187	50
2000	1,760,926	1,884,735	93.4	141	104	37	12,488		147	137	51
2001	1,804,640	1,905,348	94.7	144	105	39	12,532		104	197	52
2002	1,850,192	1,928,213	96.0	147	107	40	12,586		162	189	52
2003	1,892,746	1,972,562	96.0	151	118	33	12,534		118	154	52
2004	1,843,617	1,905,348	96.8	147	108	39	12,541		147	200	53
2013	2,246,000	2,340,000	96.0	229	126	103	9,807		191	266	61

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Lipa - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Cardinal Müller cancels recognition of an apparition of Mary. kath.net from June 5, 2016

[1] Cardinal Müller cancels recognition of an apparition of Mary. kath.net from June 5, 2016