Archdiocese of San Fernando
Sancti Ferdinandi
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Fernando, Philippines
The Archdiocese of San Fernando is a Latin Catholic metropolitan see covering the province of Pampanga and Angeles City. Erected as a diocese in 1948 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1975, it has the suffragan dioceses of Balanga, Iba, and Tarlac.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1948
- Latin
- Sancti Ferdinandi
- Patron
- St. Ferdinand (archdiocese); Virgen de los Remedios (Pampanga); Santo Cristo del Perdon y Caridad
- Annuario code
- 001002891
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,494,547
- Population
- 2,900,637
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.0%
- Priests
- 150
- Catholics per priest
- 16,630
- Extent
- 2,180 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,144
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
- Florentino Lavarias
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 San Fernando stands in San Fernando, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BalangaBalanga
- Diocese of TarlacTarlac
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The whole province of Pampanga together with Angeles City lies under the territorial care of the Archdiocese of San Fernando (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi; Filipino: Arkidiyosesis ng San Fernando; Spanish: Arquidiócesis de San Fernando; Kapampangan: Arkidiosesis ning San Fernando), an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Arzobispado, San Jose, 2000 San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
- Telephone
- [045]436.9130
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices 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.
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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.