Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos
Diocese of Alaminos Dioecesis Alaminensis Diosis na Alaminos Diocesis ti Alaminos | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | Western part of Pangasinan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lingayen-Dagupan |
| Metropolitan | Lingayen-Dagupan |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,449 km2 (946 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 660,000 545,000 (82.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 January 1985 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral-Parish of St. Joseph the Patriarch |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph the Patriarch |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Ricardo Lingan Baccay |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Socrates B. Villegas |
| Bishops emeritus | Jesus Aputen Cabrera |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos (Template:Lang-la) 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 current bishop is Bishop Ricardo Lingan Baccay who succeeded Bishop Marlo Mendoza Peralta after his appointment as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.
Ordinaries
- Jesus Aputen Cabrera: 22 Apr 1985 Appointed - 1 Jul 2007 Resigned
- Marlo Mendoza Peralta: 1 Jul 2007 Succeeded - 30 December 2013 Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Segovia
- Ricardo Lingan Baccay: 20 Feb 2016 Appointed - Present
Vicariates
St. Joseph Vicariate
- Cathedral-Parish of St. Joseph the Patriarch - Alaminos City
- St. Mark the Evangelist Parish - Alos, Alaminos City
- Sto. Niño Parish - Mabini
- St. Peter the Martyr Parish - Sual
Our Lady of Lourdes Vicariate
- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish - Salasa, Bugallon
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish - Bugallon
- St. Raymond of Peñafort Parish - Mangatarem
- St. Joseph the Patriarch - Aguilar
- St. Isidore the Farmer Parish - Labrador, Pangasinan
Divine Savior Vicariate
- Divine Savior Parish - Santiago, Bolinao
- St. James the Great Apostle Parish - Bolinao
- Our Lady of Pillar Parish - Zaragoza, Bolinao
- Immaculate Conception Parish - Bani
- St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish - Agno
- St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish - Anda
Sto. Niño Vicariate
- St. Isidore the Farmer Parish - Burgos
- St. Peter the Apostle Parish - Pogoruac, Burgos
- St. Vincent Ferrer Parish - Dasol
- St. Raphael the Archangel Parish - Eguia, Dasol
- St. John the Evangelist Parish - Infanta
History of the Cathedral
In the past the Alaminos City had various names (San Jose de Soyang, San Jose de Casborran, Sarapsap) and underwent several transfers and locations except, for a gap of half a century, the Recollects stayed at Alaminos since its foundation in 1610 until the Philippine Revolution of 1896. A great fire reduced the town into ashes and it was thereafter renamed Sarapsap. The actual name was taken after Governor General Juan de Alaminos who visited it in 1872.
Among other edifices constructed by Recollects is the majestic cathedral dedicated to Saint Joseph. Father Manuel Bosquete who was at the helm of the San Jose de Casborran mission from 1838–1849 started the construction of the divine temple. His successor Father Jose Tornos, who was proficient in Pangasinense, inaugurated it in 1857. This Recollect minister who took over the parochial administration in 1849 remained in Alaminos for almost thirty years and endowed the church with the best ornaments. Father Tornos died in 1878 and was buried in the future cathedral. At the church pavement one can view his tombstone in Spanish.
Father Patricio Marcellan writes in 1879: "The present church and parochial house are made of brick manufactured in the same town. The first oven for brick-making making was built under the supervision of Father Manuel Bosquete, the first Recollect parish priest of this town [sic], and the edifices are the tallest and most spacious in the province, which draws naturally any visitor's attention." The church still attracts attention up to this day, already as a cathedral since its erection of Alaminos Diocese in 1985.[clarification needed] Alaminos is not a big city in terms of population, with only about 75,000 inhabitants. But the faithful can boast of the structure of their cathedral—spacious, majestic and well-proportioned—and equally stable belfry made of bricks.
External links
- www.dioceseofalaminos.org
- catholic-hierarchy-diocese of alaminos
- cbcponline.org - diocese of alaminos
- Catholic Church in the Philippines
- philippine islands
