Diocese of Urdaneta
Urdaneten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Urdaneta, Philippines
The Diocese of Urdaneta is a Latin Church diocese covering eastern Pangasinan, erected in 1985 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. Bishop Jacinto A. Jose leads the see; his resignation was accepted in May 2026 and bishop-elect Nick A. Vaquilar is set to take office in July 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 January 1985
- Latin
- Urdaneten(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000050
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 692,968
- Population
- 857,250
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.8%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 17,768
- Extent
- 1,616 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 429
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
- Nick Argel Vaquilar
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Urdaneta, 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
- Diocese of CabanatuanCabanatuan
- 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
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Formed in 1985 from territory of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, the Diocese of Urdaneta (Latin: Dioecesis Urdanetensis) is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop's Residence, Dr. Jose Aruego Street, Poblacion, 2428 Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Philippines
- Telephone
- [075]656-2670
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.