Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao

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Archdiocese of Tuguegarao Archidioecesis Tuguegaraoana Arkidiocesis ti Tuguegarao (Ilocano) Arkidiocesis nat Tuguegarao (Ibanag) Archidiocensya yoh Tuguegaraow (Malaweg) Arquidiócesis de Tuguegaráo (Spanish)
Cathedral of Tuguegarao
Archdiocesan coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Cagayan
Ecclesiastical province	Tuguegarao
Metropolitan	Tuguegarao
Statistics
Area	9,000 km2 (3,500 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 1,709,000 1,356,000 (79.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	September 21, 1974
Cathedral	Saint Peter Metropolitan Cathedral in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Patron saint	Our Lady of Piat
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Most Rev. Ricardo L. Baccay, D.D.
Suffragans	Diocese of Bayombong Diocese of Ilagan
Bishops emeritus	The Most Rev. Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan, D.D., Ph.D., S.T.D. Archbishop Emeritus (1986-2011) The Most Rev. Sergio Lasam Utleg, D.D. Archbishop Emeritus (2011-2019)
Map
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Tuguegarao is a river delta city that became center of the archdiocese in the Province of Cagayan, on the island of Luzon. Its seat is located at the Saint Peter's Metropolitan Cathedral.

History[]

Originally it was carved out from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia which was then located at the old city of Nueva Segovia now Lal-Lo, Cagayan transferred to Vigan, Ilocos Sur. The Diocese of Tuguegarao was erected on April 10, 1910, for the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya. On September 21, 1974 Pope Paul VI elevated the Diocese of Tuguegarao into an archdiocese.

Coat of Arms[]

The crossed keys and inverted cross are symbols of Saint Peter, titular of the cathedral. The blue wavy pale represents the Cagayan River while the silver fleur-de-lys in its center represents Our Lady of Piat. The fertile Cagayan Valley and the high mountain ranges hemming it on east (Sierra Madre) and west (Cordilleras) are represented by green fields and the mountains drawn in Italian heraldic style. Tuguegarao, the seat of the archdiocese, etymologically means "fire at daytime" (tuguig, arao): hence the sun and the symbols of fire.^[1]

Suffragan dioceses[]

Diocese		Bishop	Territory	Coat of Arms
1.	Ilagan	David William Antonio (since February 12, 2019)	Isabela
2.	Bayombong	Jose Elmer Mangalinao (since July 25, 2018)	Nueva Vizcaya|Quirino
3.	Batanes	Danilo Ulep (since August 8, 2017)	Batanes

Address[]

The office of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is currently located at The Archbishop's Palace, Rizal Street, Centro 10, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines.

Bishops[]

Bishop			Period in Office	Coat of Arms
1.			1 Sep 1910 Appointed - 6 Sep 1916
2.			5 Feb 1917 Appointed - 22 Apr 1927
3.			27 Jan 1928 Appointed - 6 May 1950
4.			6 May 1950 Succeeded - 28 Dec 1953
5.			29 Apr 1957 Appointed - 21 Sep 1974

Archbishops[]

Archbishop			Period in Office	Coat of Arms
1.			21 Sep 1974 – 31 Jan 1986
2.		Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan	31 Jan 1986 Appointed - 15 Jun 2011
3.		Sergio Lasam Utleg	15 Jun 2011 Appointed - 18 October 2019
4.		Ricardo Lingan Baccay	18 October 2019 Appointed - present

• Auxiliary Bishops:
  • Salvador Lazo Lazo (1 Dec 1969 Appointed - 3 Aug 1977 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia)
  • Paciano Basilio Aniceto (7 Apr 1979 Appointed - 20 Oct 1983 Appointed, Bishop of Iba)
  • Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan (20 Oct 1983 Appointed - 31 Jan 1986, succeeded as the 2nd Archbishop of Tuguegarao)
  • Ricardo Lingan Baccay (10 Apr 2007 Appointed – 20 Feb 2016 Appointed, Bishop of Alaminos; later returned to the archdiocese as its 4th Archbishop)
• Other priests of this diocese who became bishops:
  • Salvador Lazo Lazo (3 Aug 1977 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia; later appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union)
  • Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran (18 Mar 2006 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe; later appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union)
  • Danilo Bangayan Ulep (20 May 2017 Appointed, Bishop-Prelate of Batanes)

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in the Philippines
• List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines

References[]

External links[]

• Catholic Hierarchy
• CBCP
• Parishes
• [1]

Coordinates: 17°36′49″N 121°43′48″E / 17.6137°N 121.7300°E / 17.6137; 121.7300