Metropolitan see Lipa, Philippines
Archdiocese of Lipa
Lipen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Lipa is a Latin Church metropolitan see comprising the civil province of Batangas. Created as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1972, its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian.
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- Established
- 1910
- Catholics
- 3,041,821
- Priests
- 123
- Territory
- 3,165 km²
Parishes and churches
56 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Rita de CasciaBolbokView parish
- Santo Domingo de SilosCalacaView parish
- Santo NiñoMarawoyView parish
- Santo NiñoPinagtong-UlanView parish
- St. Anthony of PaduaLipa CityView parish
- St. Augustine of HippoSantorView parish
- St. BenedictPinagtungView parish
- St. ClaireSanta ClaraView parish
- St. Francis PaolaMabiniView parish
- St. Francis XavierMontemariaView parish
- St. Isidore LabradorSan IsidroView parish
- St. Isidore LabradorSan LuisView parish
- St. James the GreaterIbaanView parish
- St. John the EvangelistTanauanView parish
- St. Lorenzo RuizDagatanView parish
- St. Martin de ToursTaalView parish
- St. Mary EuphrasiaBatangas CityView parish
- St. Mary MagdaleneBayananView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelIlijanView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelLoboView parish
- St. Nicolas de TolentinoSan NicolasView parish
- St. Paul the ApostleIsla VerdeView parish
- St. RocheTingloyView parish
- St. Therese of the Child JesusTaalView parish
- St. Thomas AquinasSanta TeresitaView parish
- St. Vincent FerrerTuyView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Gilbert Garcera
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The cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian stands in Lipa, 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.
History
First created on April 10, 1910 out of the Archdiocese of Manila, the see of Lipa was raised to its present rank on June 20, 1972. Today the Archdiocese of Lipa (Latin: Archidioecesis Lipensis; Filipino: Arsidiyosesis ng Lipa; Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Lipa) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines whose territory is the civil province of Batangas, with the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian in Lipa, Batangas as its cathedral.