Diocese of Tarlac
Tarlacen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tarlac, Philippines
The Diocese of Tarlac is a Latin Church diocese covering Tarlac province, erected in 1963 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga. Roberto C. Mallari was appointed its fourth bishop in December 2024 and installed in March 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 February 1963
- Latin
- Tarlacen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Sebastian
- Annuario code
- 001003176
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,202,764
- Population
- 1,503,456
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 11,455
- Extent
- 3,053 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 394
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
- Roberto Calara Mallari
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 Sebastian stands in Tarlac, 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 San Fernando
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Fernando.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BalangaBalanga
- Archdiocese of San FernandoSan Fernando
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The whole civil province of Tarlac in the Philippines belongs to the Latin Catholic Diocese of Tarlac (Latin: Dioecesis Tarlacensis), with one exception: Camp Servillano Aquino in San Miguel, Tarlac City, which comes under the Military Ordinariate. Saint Sebastian Cathedral in Tarlac City serves as the see.
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].