Diocese of San Fernando de La Union
Ferdinandopolitan(us) ab Unione
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
The Diocese of San Fernando de La Union is a Latin Catholic diocese erected in 1970 from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, covering the province of La Union. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 January 1970
- Latin
- Ferdinandopolitan(us) ab Unione
- Patron
- St. William the Hermit; Our Lady of Namacpacan
- Annuario code
- 001002893
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 730,300
- Population
- 853,600
- Catholic share
- 85.6%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 13,041
- Extent
- 1,493 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 489
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
- Daniel Presto
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. William the Hermit stands in San Fernando de La Union, 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 AlaminosAlaminos
- Diocese of CabanatuanCabanatuan
- Archdiocese of Lingayen–DagupanLingayen–Dagupan
- 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
Carved from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia in 1970, the Diocese of San Fernando de La Union (Latin: Diœcesis Ferdinandopolitana ab Unione) is a Latin Church jurisdiction in the Philippines. It serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
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].