Parishes 85 Phone +63 49562 1039 | Metropolitan Manila Area 1,203 km² Patron saint Paul of Thebes | |
Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)3,005,7852,632,244 (87.4%%) Address M. Paulino St., M. Magcase Street,, A. Flores St, San Pablo City, 4000 Laguna, Philippines Profiles |
The Diocese of San Pablo (Filipino: Diyosesis ng San Pablo, Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis) is a Roman Catholic diocese which is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila. Its patron saint or titular head is Saint Paul the Hermit. This is the only diocese in the province of Laguna.
Contents
- Location
- History
- Episcopal District I
- Vicariate of San Pedro Apostol
- Vicariate of the Holy Family
- Vicariate of San Isidro Labrador
- Vicariate of Santa Rosa de Lima
- Episcopal District II
- Vicariate of Saint Polycarp
- Vicariate of Saint John the Baptist
- Vicariate of the Immaculate Conception
- Episcopal District III
- Vicariate of Saint Paul the First Hermit
- Vicariate of San Bartolome Apostol
- Vicariate of San Antonio de Padua
- Episcopal District IV
- Vicariate of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Vicariate of Saint James the Apostle
- Vicariate of Saints Peter and Paul
- Seminary
- Ordinaries
- References
Location
The diocese is composed of San Pablo City and the entire province of Laguna, of which it is the only diocese. It is bordered by the Archdiocese of Lipa in Batangas, Diocese of Antipolo in Rizal and the Prelature of Infanta and the Diocese of Lucena in Quezon.
History
Augustinian priests in 1586 erected a parish known as the "Parish of San Pablo delos Montes". In 1910, Catholics in the current diocese became part of the Archdiocese of Lipa, and on November 28, 1966 the current dioceses was erected as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila. Pedro Bantigue y Natividad was installed as its first bishop on April 18, 1967, and becoming its Bishop Emeritus in 1995 until his death in 2012.
Episcopal District I
Vicariate of San Pedro Apostol
Vicariate of the Holy Family
Vicariate of San Isidro Labrador
Vicariate of Santa Rosa de Lima
Episcopal District II
Vicariate of Saint Polycarp
Vicariate of Saint John the Baptist
Vicariate of the Immaculate Conception
Episcopal District III
Vicariate of Saint Paul the First Hermit
Vicariate of San Bartolome Apostol
Vicariate of San Antonio de Padua
Episcopal District IV
Vicariate of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Vicariate of Saint James the Apostle
Vicariate of Saints Peter and Paul
Seminary
To train priests, a high school seminary was opened in 1968, but was eventually closed in 1981. At present, there are two seminaries run by the diocese. Saint Peter's College Seminary, established in 1981, currently located in Brgy. Concepcion, San Pablo City and serves as the philosophy college seminary of the diocese, while the other seminary, the San Pablo Theological Formation House, located in Tagaytay City, Cavite, serves as the formation house for the theology seminarians of the diocese.