Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Lingayen, Diocese of

LINGAYEN, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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LINGAYEN, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the Philippine Islands, suffragan of Manila.

It extends over 9,567 sq km and has 1,263,456 inhabitants, of whom 931,428 are Catholics; it has 88 churches with 75 parishes, served by 65 diocesan priests and 34 regulars; 3 male religious houses and 6 female; 16 male educational institutions and 6 female (Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 248).

The diocese was created by the bull Cunctarum omnium Ecclesiarum by Pius XI on 19 May 1928, by dismemberment from the dioceses of Manila and Nueva Segovia. The episcopal residence is in Calasiao, province of Pangasinan.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 22 (1930), pp. 261-61.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1369.

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Josi, Enrico. “Lingayen, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1369. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lingayen-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Lingayen, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1369. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lingayen-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Lingayen, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1369},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lingayen-diocesi-di}
}

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