Archdiocese of Tuguegarao
Tuguegaraoan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tuguegarao, Philippines
The Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is a Latin Church metropolitan see covering Cagayan province, erected as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1974. Its archbishop since 2019 is Ricardo Lingan Baccay.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 April 1910
- Latin
- Tuguegaraoan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Peter the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001000010
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,650,000
- Population
- 2,081,000
- Catholic share
- 79.3%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 22,000
- Extent
- 9,296 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 177
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
- Archbishop
- Ricardo Lingan Baccay
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle stands in Tuguegarao, 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 Tuguegarao
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BatanesBatanes
- Diocese of BayombongBayombong
- Diocese of IlaganIlagan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A river delta city in the province of Cagayan on Luzon, Tuguegarao became the center of a Latin Catholic metropolitan archdiocese in the Philippines. The seat of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is the Saint Peter the Apostle Metropolitan Cathedral.
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].