Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta

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Diocese of Urdaneta Dioecesis Urdanetensis Diosis na Urdaneta Diocesis ti Urdaneta
Cathedral of Urdaneta
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Eastern Pangasinan (Alcala, Asingan, Balungao, Binalonan, Natividad, Pozorrubio, Rosales, San Manuel, San Nicolas, San Quintin, Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Sison, Tayug, Umingan, Urdaneta, Villasis)
Ecclesiastical province	Lingayen-Dagupan
Metropolitan	Lingayen-Dagupan
Statistics
Area	1,616 km2 (624 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 703,000 594,670 (84.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 January 1985
Cathedral	Cathedral-Parish of the Immaculate Conception
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jacinto Agcaoili Jose
Metropolitan Archbishop	Socrates B. Villegas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (Latin: Dioecesis Urdanetensis) is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was established in 1985 from the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.

Ordinaries[]

• Pedro de Guzman Magugat, DD: 22 Apr 1985 - 5 May 1990)
• Jesús Castro Galang, DD: 7 Dec 1991 - 6 Sep 2004
• Jacinto Agcaoili José, DD: 21 Sep 2005–present

Affiliated Bishop/s from the Diocese of Urdaneta[]

• Marlo Mendoza Peralta, DD, current archbishop of Nueva Segovia and former bishop of the Diocese of Alaminos from 2007 to 2014. He was one of the clergies of the Diocese of Urdaneta for thirty years.

Educational institutions[]

• Divine Word College of Urdaneta - Urdaneta City
• Escuela de San Antonio - Rosales
• Holy Child Academy - Binalonan
• Holy Rood Academy - Alcala
• Immaculate Conception Catholic School - Umingan
• Mary Help of Christians Learning Center - Pozzorubio
• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Academy - Sison
• Our Lady of the Lilies Academy - Urdaneta City
• Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic School - Sta. Maria
• St. Anthony Abbot Academy - Villasis
• St. Mary's Dominican School - San Manuel
• St. Paschal Catholic School - San Quintin
• St. Patrick Catholic School, Inc - Tayug
• St. Philomena's Academy - Pozorrubio
• St. Louis Bertrand School, Inc. - Asingan

See also[]

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

References[]

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