Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos

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Diocese of Alaminos Dioecesis Alaminensis Diosis na Alaminos Diocesis ti Alaminos Diyosesis ng Alaminos
catholic
Cathedral-Parish of St. Joseph the Patriarch
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Western Pangasinan (Agno, Aguilar, Alaminos, Anda, Bani, Bolinao, Bugallon, Burgos, Dasol, Infanta, Labrador, Mabini, Mangatarem, Sual)
Ecclesiastical province	Lingayen-Dagupan
Metropolitan	Lingayen-Dagupan
Headquarters	Alaminos, Pangasinan
Coordinates	16°09′37″N 119°58′49″E / 16.16021700°N 119.98029100°E / 16.16021700; 119.98029100Coordinates: 16°09′37″N 119°58′49″E / 16.16021700°N 119.98029100°E / 16.16021700; 119.98029100
Statistics
Area	2,449 km2 (946 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 660,000 545,000 (82.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12)
Cathedral	Cathedral-Parish of St. Joseph the Patriarch in Alaminos
Patron saint	St. Joseph the Patriarch
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop	Socrates B. Villegas
Apostolic Administrator	Most. Rev. Fidelis Bautista Layog, D.D.
Vicar General	Rev. Fr. Lain Mayo
Bishops emeritus	Jesus Aputen Cabrera
Website
www.dioceseofalaminos.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos (Latin: Dioecesis Alaminensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

The diocese was created and erected, January 12, 1985, and comprises 14 municipalities in the western part of the province of Pangasinan. The diocese has experience no jurisdictional changes, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.

The see became vacant (sede vacante) following the appointment of Bishop Ricardo Lingan Baccay as Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuguegarao on October 18, 2019 as successor of Archbishop Sergio Lasam Utleg. On January 14, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Fidelis Bautista Layog, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan as the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese.

Ordinaries[]

The Clergy of the Diocese of Alaminos with Bishop Baccay at St. Joseph Cathedral Parish

No	Name	In office	Coat of arms
1.	Jesus Cabrera	(1985-2007)
2.	Marlo Peralta	(2007-2013)
3.	Ricardo Baccay	(2016-2019)
*	Fidelis Layog (Apostolic Administrator)	(2020-present)

See also[]

• Catholic Church in the Philippines
• List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines

References[]

External links[]

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