Diocese of Parañaque
Paranaquen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Parañaque, Philippines
The Diocese of Parañaque is a Latin Church diocese established in 2002 from the Archdiocese of Manila, covering Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Muntinlupa. The see is sede vacante after Bishop Jesse Mercado's retirement on June 6, 2026, with Elias Ayuban Jr. named apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 December 2002
- Latin
- Paranaquen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Andrew the Apostle; Our Lady of the Good Event
- Annuario code
- 001002543
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,476,466
- Population
- 1,857,189
- Catholic share
- 79.5%
- Priests
- 435
- Catholics per priest
- 3,394
- Extent
- 126 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11,718
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr.
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 Saint Andrew stands in Parañaque, 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 Manila
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manila.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AntipoloAntipolo
- Diocese of CubaoCubao
- Diocese of ImusImus
- Diocese of KalookanKalookan
- Diocese of MalolosMalolos
- Archdiocese of ManilaManila
- Diocese of NovalichesNovaliches
- Diocese of PasigPasig
- Diocese of San PabloSan Pablo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The cities of Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Muntinlupa in Metro Manila, Philippines are gathered into the Diocese of Parañaque (Latin: Dioecesis Paranaquensis; Filipino: Diyosesis ng Parañaque; Spanish: Diócesis de Parañaque), a Latin Church diocese. Once part of the Archdiocese of Manila as the Ecclesiastical District of Parañaque (formerly PPLM), it was declared an independent diocese on December 7, 2002, by Pope John Paul II through the papal bull Ad Efficacius.
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].