Diocese of San Pablo
Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Pablo, Philippines
The Diocese of San Pablo covers the province of Laguna and was erected in 1966. Bishop Marcelino Antonio Maralit, Jr., was installed in November 2024. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 November 1966
- Latin
- Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis
- Patron
- St. Paul the First Hermit
- Annuario code
- 001002933
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,036,000
- Population
- 3,748,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.0%
- Priests
- 220
- Catholics per priest
- 13,800
- Extent
- 1,918 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,583
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
- Marcelino Antonio Maralit
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. Paul the First Hermit stands in San Pablo, 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 Manila
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manila.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AntipoloAntipolo
- Diocese of CubaoCubao
- Diocese of ImusImus
- Diocese of KalookanKalookan
- Diocese of MalolosMalolos
- Archdiocese of ManilaManila
- Diocese of NovalichesNovaliches
- Diocese of ParañaqueParañaque
- Diocese of PasigPasig
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila, the Diocese of San Pablo (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis, Filipino: Diyosesis ng San Pablo, Spanish: Diócesis de San Pablo) is a Roman Catholic see whose titular patron is Paul the First Hermit. It is the only diocese in the world dedicated to that saint.
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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.