Diocese of Laoag
Laoagen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Laoag, Philippines
The Diocese of Laoag is a Latin Church suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia covering the province of Ilocos Norte. Erected in 1961, it has been led by Bishop Renato P. Mayugba since 2012. Catholics number about 374,623, roughly 59 percent of the population as of 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 June 1961
- Latin
- Laoagen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint William the Hermit (William of Maleval)
- Annuario code
- 001001951
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 374,623
- Population
- 618,253
- Catholic share
- 60.6%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 6,937
- Extent
- 3,386 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 111
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
- Renato Pine Mayugba
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 of St. William the Hermit, Laoag stands in Laoag, 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 Nueva Segovia
A suffragan of Nueva Segovia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaguioBaguio
- Diocese of BanguedBangued
- Archdiocese of Nueva SegoviaNueva Segovia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1961 from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, the Diocese of Laoag (Latin: Dioecesis Laoagensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The see stood vacant from June 15, 2011, until October 11, 2012. The following day, October 12, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named Most Rev. Renato P. Mayugba, until then Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, as the diocese's sixth bishop.
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].