Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia
Novae Segobiae
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nueva Segovia, Philippines
The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia is a Latin Church metropolitan see covering Ilocos Sur, erected in 1595 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1951. Archbishop David William V. Antonio was installed as its eighth archbishop on January 14, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 August 1595
- Latin
- Novae Segobiae
- Patron
- Saint Paul (Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle)
- Annuario code
- 001002427
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 634,569
- Population
- 763,549
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.1%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 9,065
- Extent
- 2,579 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 246
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
- David William Valencia Antonio
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 the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle stands in Nueva Segovia, 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 Nueva Segovia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaguioBaguio
- Diocese of BanguedBangued
- Diocese of LaoagLaoag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the province of Ilocos Sur on Luzon, the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines with its see in the city of Vigan. It was erected in 1595 in the city of Nueva Segovia, the modern-day Lal-lo, Cagayan, which since 1910 has belonged to the current Archdiocese of Tuguegarao. In 1758, during the pontificate of Benedict XIV and at the request of Bishop Juan de la Fuente Yepes, the see was transferred to Vigan on account of its relative distance.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.