Archdiocese of Caceres
Caceren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Caceres, Philippines
The Archdiocese of Caceres, seated in Naga City, is one of the oldest sees in the Philippines, founded in 1595 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on June 29, 1951. It is the metropolitan see for the Bicol Region with suffragans Daet, Legazpi, Libmanan, Masbate, Sorsogon, and Virac.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 August 1595
- Latin
- Caceren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Penafrancia; St. John the Evangelist; St. Pedro Bautista
- Annuario code
- 001001000
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,742,065
- Population
- 1,950,250
- Catholic share
- 89.3%
- Priests
- 193
- Catholics per priest
- 9,026
- Extent
- 3,207 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 543
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
- Archbishop
- Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon
- Born
- 6 August 1970
- Birthplace
- Daet
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
Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of Saint John the Evangelist stands in Caceres, 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 Caceres
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DaetDaet
- Diocese of LegazpiLegazpi
- Diocese of LibmananLibmanan
- Diocese of MasbateMasbate
- Diocese of SorsogonSorsogon
- Diocese of ViracVirac
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see of the Latin Church in the Philippines, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cáceres presides over the Bicol Region as an ecclesiastical province. Its own direct territory takes in the third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts of Camarines Sur, together with the cities of Naga and Iriga and the municipality of Gainza.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].