Diocese of Cabanatuan
Cabanatuanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cabanatuan, Philippines
The Diocese of Cabanatuan is a Latin Church diocese covering part of Nueva Ecija in central Luzon, Philippines. Created on February 16, 1963, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Bishop Prudencio Andaya Jr. was installed on February 3, 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 February 1963
- Latin
- Cabanatuanen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Nicholas of Tolentino; La Virgen Divina Pastora (patroness)
- Annuario code
- 001000996
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,034,000
- Population
- 1,227,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.3%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 20,680
- Extent
- 2,743 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 377
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
- Prudencio Padilla Andaya, 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 St. Nicholas of Tolentino stands in Cabanatuan, 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
- Archdiocese of Lingayen–DagupanLingayen–Dagupan
- Diocese of San Fernando de La UnionSan Fernando de La Union
- 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
Sixteen towns of Nueva Ecija, among them the cities of Cabanatuan, Palayan, and Gapan, fall within the Diocese of Cabanatuan (Latin: Dioecesis Cabanatuanensis), a Latin Catholic diocese in the Philippines. It stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.