List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines

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Map of apostolic vicariates of the Catholic Church in the Philippines

This is a list of the Catholic dioceses in the Philippines. The dioceses' bishops comprise the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), an episcopal conference. The dioceses are grouped into ecclesiastical provinces, each of which comprises a Metropolitan archdiocese and several suffragan dioceses and is headed by the archbishop, as the metropolitan bishop of the province.^[1][2][3]

Apostolic vicariates and the military ordinariate are not part of any ecclesiastical province, but are included in the table. Like diocesan bishops, they are the ordinary responsible for spiritual care the Catholics under them and are directly subject to the Holy See.

List of dioceses[]

Diocese[a]	Coat of Arms	Territory[1]	Cathedral	Founded[1][2]
Archdiocese of Cáceres		3rd, 4th, and 5th Legislative Districts of Camarines Sur Naga City Iriga City Municipality of Gainza	Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist	14 Aug 1595
Diocese of Daet		Camarines Norte	Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity	27 May 1974
Diocese of Legazpi		Albay	Cathedral Parish of Saint Gregory the Great	29 Jun 1951
Diocese of Libmanan		1st and 2nd Legislative Districts of Camarines Sur (except Gainza)	Cathedral of Saint James the Apostle	9 Dec 1989
Diocese of Masbate		Masbate	Cathedral Parish of Saint Anthony of Padua	23 Mar 1968
Diocese of Sorsogon		Sorsogon	Cathedral Parish of Saints Peter and Paul	29 Jun 1951
Diocese of Virac		Catanduanes	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception	27 May 1974
Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro		Misamis Oriental Camiguin Malitbog, Bukidnon	Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Augustine	20 Jan 1933
Diocese of Butuan		Agusan del Norte Agusan del Sur	Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker	20 Mar 1967
Diocese of Malaybalay		All of Bukidnon (except Malitbog) Wao, Lanao del Sur Barangay Buda, Davao City	Cathedral of Saint Isidore the Farmer	25 Apr 1969
Diocese of Surigao		Surigao del Norte Dinagat Islands	Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino	3 Jun 1939
Diocese of Tandag		Surigao del Sur	Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino	16 Jun 1978
Archdiocese of Capiz		Capiz	Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception	27 Jan 1951
Diocese of Kalibo		Aklan	Cathedral Parish of Saint John the Baptist	17 Jan 1976
Diocese of Romblon		Romblon	Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph	19 Dec 1974
Archdiocese of Cebu		All of Cebu	Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of Saint Vitalis and of the Immaculate Conception	14 Aug 1595
Diocese of Dumaguete		Negros Oriental (except Canlaon City, Guihulngan City, and municipalities of Vallehermoso, and La Libertad) Siquijor	Cathedral Parish of Saint Catherine of Alexandria	5 Apr 1955
Diocese of Maasin		Southern Leyte Southwestern part of Leyte (Matalom, Bato, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, and Baybay)	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of Maasin	23 Mar 1968
Diocese of Tagbilaran		Southwestern Bohol (Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Calape, Catigbian, Clarin, Corella, Cortes, Dauis, Dimiao, Garcia Hernandez, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sagbayan, San Isidro, Sevilla, Sikatuna, Tagbilaran City, Tubigon, and Valencia)	Cathedral – Shrine Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker	8 Nov 1941
Diocese of Talibon		Northeastern Bohol (Alicia, Anda, Bien Unido, Buenavista, Candijay, Carmen, Dagohoy, Danao, Duero, Getafe, Guindulman, Inabanga, Jagna, Mabini, Pilar, President Carlos P. Garcia, San Miguel, Sierra Bullones, Talibon, Trinidad, and Ubay)	Cathedral Parish of the Most Holy Trinity	9 Jan 1986
Archdiocese of Cotabato		Western Cotabato (Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, and Pikit) Maguindanao (except three towns) All of Sultan Kudarat (except Columbio and Palimbang)	Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception	11 Aug 1950
Diocese of Kidapawan		Eastern Cotabato (Antipas, Arakan, Carmen, Kabacan, Kidapawan City, M'lang, Magpet, Makilala, President Roxas, and Tulunan) Three towns in Maguindanao Columbio, Sultan Kudarat	Cathedral of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Grace	12 Jun 1976
Diocese of Marbel		South Cotabato Sarangani Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat	Cathedral of Christ the King	17 Dec 1960
Archdiocese of Davao		Davao City (except Barangay Buda) The Island Garden City of Samal and Talaingod in Davao del Norte	Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle	17 Dec 1949
Diocese of Digos		Davao del Sur Davao Occidental	Cathedral of Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace	5 Nov 1979
Diocese of Mati		Davao Oriental	Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino	16 Feb 1984
Diocese of Tagum		All of Davao del Norte (except Samal and Talaingod) Davao de Oro	Cathedral of Christ the King	13 Jan 1962
Archdiocese of Jaro		Iloilo and Guimaras	Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles	27 May 1865
Diocese of Bacolod		3rd and 4th Legislative Districts of Negros Occidental, Bacolod City, and the municipality of Hinigaran	Cathedral of San Sebastian de Bacolod Pro-Cathedral of San Diego	15 Jul 1932
Diocese of Kabankalan		5th and 6th Legislative Districts of Negros Occidental (except Hinigaran)	Cathedral Parish of Saint Francis Xavier	30 Mar 1987
Diocese of San Carlos		1st and 2nd Legislative Districts of Negros Occidental Canlaon City, Guihulngan City, and the municipalities of Vallehermoso and La Libertad in Negros Oriental	Cathedral Parish of Saint Charles Borromeo	30 Mar 1987
Diocese of San Jose de Antique		Antique	Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker	24 Mar 1962
Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan		Central Pangasinan (Basista, Bautista, Bayambang, Binmaley, Calasiao, Dagupan City, Laoac, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mapandan, San Carlos, San Fabian, San Jacinto, Santa Barbara, and Urbiztondo)	Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist	19 May 1928
Diocese of Alaminos		Western Pangasinan (Agno, Aguilar, Alaminos City, Anda, Bani, Bolinao, Bugallon, Burgos, Dasol, Infanta, Labrador, Mabini, Mangatarem, and Sual)	Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph the Patriarch	12 Jan 1985
Diocese of Cabanatuan		Southern Nueva Ecija (Aliaga, Bongabon, Cabanatuan City, Cabiao, Gabaldon, Gapan, General Mamerto Natividad, General Tinio, Jaen, Laur, Palayan City, Peñaranda, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Leonardo, Santa Rosa, Talavera, and Zaragoza)	Cathedral Parish of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine	16 Feb 1963
Diocese of San Fernando de La Union		La Union	Cathedral of Saint William the Hermit	19 Jan 1970
Diocese of San Jose de Nueva Ecija		Northern Nueva Ecija (Carranglan, Cuyapo, Guimba, Licab, Llanera, Lupao, Science City of Muñoz, Nampicuan, Pantabangan, Quezon, Rizal, San Jose City, Santo Domingo, and Talugtug)	Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker	16 Feb 1984
Diocese of Urdaneta		Eastern Pangasinan (Alcala, Asingan, Balungao, Binalonan, Natividad, Pozorrubio, Rosales, San Manuel, San Nicolas, San Quintin, Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Sison, Tayug, Umingan, Urdaneta City, and Villasis)	Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception	12 Jan 1985
Archdiocese of Lipa		Batangas	Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian	10 Apr 1910
Diocese of Boac		Marinduque	Cathedral Parish of the Immaculate Conception and Diocesan Shrine of Mahal na Birhen ng Biglang-Awa	2 Apr 1977
Diocese of Gumaca		Eastern Quezon (Alabat, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Perez, Pitogo, Quezon, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, and Tagkawayan)	Cathedral Parish of San Diego de Alcala	9 Apr 1984
Diocese of Lucena		Central Quezon (Agdangan, Atimonan, Candelaria, Dolores, Lucban, Lucena City, Mauban, Padre Burgos, Pagbilao, Plaridel, Sampaloc, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tayabas, Tiaong, and Unisan)	Cathedral Parish of Saint Ferdinand III of Castile	28 Mar 1950
Prelature of Infanta		Aurora Northern Quezon (Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, and Real)	Cathedral Parish of the Divine Infant Jesus of Prague and Saint Mark the Evangelist	25 Apr 1950
Archdiocese of Manila		City of Manila San Juan City Mandaluyong City Makati City Pasay City	Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception	6 Feb 1579
Diocese of Antipolo		Rizal Marikina City	Cathedral Parish of the Immaculate Conception and National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage	24 Jan 1983
Diocese of Cubao		Southern part of Quezon City	Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Cubao	28 Jun 2003
Diocese of Imus		Cavite	Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Pillar	25 Nov 1961
Diocese of Kalookan		Navotas City Malabon City Southern half of Caloocan	Cathedral Parish of San Roque	28 Jun 2003
Diocese of Malolos		Bulacan Valenzuela City	Minor Basilica and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Malolos	25 Nov 1961
Diocese of Novaliches		Northern half of Caloocan Northern part of Quezon City	Cathedral Shrine and Parish of the Good Shepherd	7 Dec 2002
Diocese of Parañaque		Parañaque City Las Piñas City Muntinlupa City	Cathedral of Saint Andrew the Apostle and Diocesan Shrine of Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Palanyag	7 Dec 2002
Diocese of Pasig		Pasig City Taguig City Municipality of Pateros	Cathedral Parish of the Immaculate Conception	26 Jun 2003
Diocese of San Pablo		Laguna	Cathedral Parish of Saint Paul the First Hermit	28 Nov 1966
Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia		Ilocos Sur	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle	14 Aug 1595
Diocese of Baguio		Benguet	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Atonement	15 Jul 1932
Diocese of Bangued		Abra	Cathedral Parish of Saint James the Elder	12 Jun 1955
Diocese of Laoag		Ilocos Norte	Cathedral of Saint William the Hermit	30 Nov 1950
Archdiocese of Ozamiz		Misamis Occidental	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception	27 Jan 1951
Diocese of Dipolog		Zamboanga del Norte	Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary	31 Jul 1967
Diocese of Iligan		Lanao del Norte (except Sultan Naga Dimaporo and Balo-i)	Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel	17 Feb 1971
Diocese of Pagadian		All of Zamboanga del Sur (except Bayog, Kumalarang, Lakewood, and Zamboanga City)	Cathedral of the Holy Child	12 Nov 1971
Prelature of Marawi		Islamic City of Marawi, Malabang and Balabagan in Lanao del Sur Sultan Naga Dimaporo and Balo-i in Lanao del Norte	Cathedral of Maria Auxiliadora	20 Nov 1976
Archdiocese of Palo		All of Leyte (except Matalom, Bato, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, and Baybay)	Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration	28 Nov 1937
Diocese of Borongan		Eastern Samar	Cathedral Parish of the Nativity of Our Lady	22 Oct 1960
Diocese of Calbayog		Western Samar	Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and Parish of Our Lady's Nativity	10 Apr 1910
Diocese of Catarman		Northern Samar	Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Annunciation	5 Dec 1974
Diocese of Naval		Biliran	Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary	29 Nov 1988
Archdiocese of San Fernando		Pampanga	Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando	11 Dec 1948
Diocese of Balanga		Bataan	Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph	17 Mar 1975
Diocese of Iba		Zambales	Cathedral Parish of Saint Augustine	12 Jun 1955
Diocese of Tarlac		Tarlac	Cathedral of San Sebastian	16 Feb 1963
Archdiocese of Tuguegarao		Cagayan	Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter	10 Apr 1910
Diocese of Bayombong		Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino	Cathedral Parish of Saint Dominic of Guzman	7 Nov 1966
Diocese of Ilagan		Isabela	Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel	5 Jun 1961
Prelature of Batanes		Batanes	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and Parish of Saint Dominic de Guzman	31 Jan 1970
Archdiocese of Zamboanga		Zamboanga City	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception	10 Apr 1910
Diocese of Ipil		Zamboanga Sibugay Bayog, Kumalarang, and Lakewood in Zamboanga del Sur	Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker	24 Dec 1979
Prelature of Isabela de Basilan		Basilan	Cathedral Parish of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal	12 Oct 1963
Military Ordinariate of the Philippines		Extraterritorial to serve the: Armed Forces of the Philippines Philippine National Police Philippine Coast Guard	Military Cathedral of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (AFP) Pro-Cathedral of Saint Joseph (PNP) Shrine of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (diocesan)	8 Dec 1950
Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk		Kalinga and Apayao	Cathedral of Saint William the Hermit	6 Jul 1992
Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe		Mountain Province and Ifugao	Cathedral of Saint Rita of Cascia	6 Aug 1992
Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan		Oriental Mindoro	Cathedral Parish of the Most Holy Child	2 Jul 1936
Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro		Occidental Mindoro	Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker	27 Jan 1983
Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay		Northern Palawan (Agutaya, Araceli, Busuanga, Coron, Culion, Cuyo, Dumaran, El Nido, Linapacan, Magsaysay, Roxas, San Vicente, and Taytay)	Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker	26 May 2002
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa		Southern Palawan (Aborlan, Balabac, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Cagayancillo, Kalayaan, Narra, Quezon, Puerto Princesa City, Rizal, and Sofronio Española)	Cathedral Parish of the Immaculate Conception	10 Apr 1910
Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo		Sulu and Tawi-Tawi	Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel	28 Oct 1953
^ Names in bold denote metropolitan archdioceses. Apostolic vicariates and military ordinariates not part of any ecclesiastical province are italicized.

Gallery of archdiocesan cathedrals[]

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, seat of the Archdiocese of Caceres

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  Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral, seat of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

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  Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral, seat of the Archdiocese of Capiz

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  Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of Saint Vitalis and of the Immaculate Conception, seat of the Archdiocese of Cebu

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  Immaculate Concepcion Metropolitan Cathedral, seat of the Archdiocese of Cotabato

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  Saint Peter Metropolitan Cathedral, seat of the Archdiocese of Davao

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles) seat of the Archdiocese of Jaro

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, seat of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, seat of the Archdiocese of Lipa

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  Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, seat of the Archdiocese of Manila

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, seat of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, seat of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, seat of the Archdiocese of Palo

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando, seat of the Archdiocese of San Fernando

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  Saint Peter Metropolitan Cathedral, seat of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao

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  Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, seat of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga

See also[]

• Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines
• Catholic Church in the Philippines
• List of Catholic bishops in the Philippines
• List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• List of Catholic archdioceses
• Catholic Church hierarchy

References[]

Sources and external links[]

• ClaretianPublications.com; Diocese
• Catholic-Hierarchy entry
• GCatholic.org