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Diocese of San Pablo

Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis

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:

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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Sources

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.