Diocese of Alaminos
Alaminen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alaminos, Philippines
The Diocese of Alaminos is a Latin Church diocese covering 14 municipalities of western Pangasinan, Philippines, erected in 1985 as a suffragan of Lingayen-Dagupan. Its bishop since 2024 is Napoleon Sipalay Jr., O.P.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 January 1985
- Latin
- Alaminen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph the Patriarch
- Annuario code
- 001000626
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 651,797
- Population
- 793,366
- Catholic share
- 82.2%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 18,105
- Extent
- 2,449 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 266
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Napoleon Sipalay
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral-Parish of St. Joseph the Patriarch stands in Alaminos, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lingayen-Dagupan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CabanatuanCabanatuan
- Archdiocese of Lingayen–DagupanLingayen–Dagupan
- Diocese of San Fernando de La UnionSan Fernando de La Union
- Diocese of San Jose de Nueva EcijaSan Jose de Nueva Ecija
- Diocese of UrdanetaUrdaneta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on January 12, 1985, the Diocese of Alaminos (Latin: Dioecesis Alaminensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, taking in 14 municipalities in the western part of the province of Pangasinan. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, it has undergone no jurisdictional changes since its erection.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Chancery Office, St. Joseph Cathedral Parish, Alaminos City, 2404 Pangasinan, Philippines
- Telephone
- [075]552-7062; fax 654-0043
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].