Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia
| Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Diocesan bishop | Mario Mendoza Peralta |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ernesto Antolin Salgado |
| surface | 2,579 km² |
| Parishes | 41 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 699,793 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 584,174 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 83.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 68 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,228 |
| Friars | 3 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 116 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Filipino English |
| cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle ( Pauli Conversion ) |
| Website | www.cbcponline.net |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Baguio Diocese of Bangued Diocese of Laoag |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia ( lat. : Archidioecesis Novae Segobiae ) is the Philippines located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Vigan .
history
The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia was established on August 14, 1595 by Pope Clement VIII from cession of the Archdiocese of Manila as the Diocese of Nueva Segovia and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manila as a suffragan .
The Diocese of Nueva Segovia was founded on June 29, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Quo in Philippina Republica raised to the archbishopric. On January 19, 1970, the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of San Fernando de La Union .
The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia includes the province of Ilocos Sur .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Nueva Segovia
- Miguel de Benavides OP , 1595–1602, then Archbishop of Manila
- Diego de Soria OP, 1602-1613
- Miguel García Serrano OSA , 1616–1618, then Archbishop of Manila
- Juan Rentería, 1618-1626
- Fernando Guerrero OSA, 1627–1634, then Archbishop of Manila
- Diego Aduarte OP, 1634-1636
- Fernando Montero Espinosa, 1639–1646, then Archbishop of Manila
- Rodrigo Cárdenas OP, 1650-1661
- Jose Millan de Poblete, 1675–…
- Francisco Pizaro de Orellana, 1680–1683
- Diego Gorospe de Irala OP, 1699-1715
- Pedro Mejorada OP, 1717-1719
- Jeronimo Herrera y Lopez, 1724-1742
- Manuel del Rio Flores OP, 1744-1745
- Juan de Arechederra OP, 1750-1751
- Juan de La Fuente Yepes, 1753-1757
- Bernardo de Ustariz OP, 1763-1764
- Miguel García San Esteban OP, 1768-1779
- Agustín Pedro Blaquier OSA, 1801-1803
- Cayetano Pallás OP, 1806-1814
- Francisco Albán Barreiro OP, 1817–1837
- Rafael Masoliver OP, 1846
- Vicente Barreiro y Pérez OSA, 1848-1856
- Juan José Aragonés OSA, 1865–1872
- Mariano Cuartero y Sierra OAR , 1874-1887
- José Hevía y Campomanes OP, 1889–1903, then Bishop of Badajoz
- Denis Joseph Dougherty , 1903–1908, then Bishop of Jaro
- James Jordan Carroll , 1908-1912
- Peter Joseph Hurth CSC , 1913-1926
- Santiago Caragnan Sancho , 1927–1951
Archbishops of Nueva Segovia
- Santiago Caragnan Sancho, 1951-1966
- Juan Sison , 1966-1981
- José Sánchez , 1982–1986
- Orlando Beltran Quevedo OMI , 1986–1998, then Archbishop of Cotabato
- Edmundo Abaya , 1999-2005
- Ernesto Antolin Salgado , 2005-2013
- Mario Mendoza Peralta , since 2013
