Diocese of San Jose de Nueva Ecija
Sancti Iosephi in Insulis Philippinis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Jose de Nueva Ecija, Philippines
The Diocese of San Jose de Nueva Ecija covers part of Nueva Ecija province and was erected in 1984. Bishop Samuel Agcaracar, S.V.D., was appointed in November 2025 and installed in February 2026, succeeding Roberto Mallari. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 February 1984
- Latin
- Sancti Iosephi in Insulis Philippinis
- Patron
- St. Joseph the Worker
- Annuario code
- 001002906
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 860,000
- Population
- 975,000
- Catholic share
- 88.2%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 20,976
- Extent
- 2,540 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 339
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
- Samuel Agcaracar
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. Joseph the Worker stands in San Jose de Nueva Ecija, 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 Fernando de La UnionSan Fernando de La Union
- Diocese of UrdanetaUrdaneta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of San Jose, Nueva Ecija (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Insulis Philippinis) in 1984, and its canonical erection followed on July 14 of that year. A Latin Church territory in the province of Nueva Ecija, it was formed from lands previously belonging to the Diocese of Cabanatuan, beginning with sixteen of Cabanatuan's original forty-one parishes.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- G/F Chancery Bldg., St. Joseph Cathedral Complex, Brgy. R. Rueda, 3121 San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
- Telephone
- [044]331-0462; 511-1371
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].