Diocese of Urdaneta Dioecesis Urdanetensis Diosis na Urdaneta Diocesis ti Urdaneta Diyosesis ng Urdaneta | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Territory | Eastern Pangasinan (Alcala, Asingan, Balungao, Binalonan, Natividad, Pozorrubio, Rosales, San Manuel, San Nicolas, San Quintin, Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Sison, Tayug, Umingan, Urdaneta, Villasis) |
Ecclesiastical province | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Metropolitan | Lingayen-Dagupan |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,616[1] km2 (624 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 703,000 594,670 (84.6%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | January 12, 1985[2] |
Cathedral | Cathedral-Parish of the Immaculate Conception |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jacinto Agcaoili Jose |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Socrates B. Villegas |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (Latin: Dioecesis Urdanetensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was established in 1985 from the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.