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

Lipa, Diocese of

LIPA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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LIPA, Diocese of. - In the Philippine Islands.

It has an area of 5,159 sq km with 816,528 inhabitants, of whom 731,679 are Catholics. It has 70 parishes served by 82 diocesan priests and 24 religious, a seminary, 3 male religious communities and 10 female ones (Annuario Pontificio, 1951, p. 249).

The diocese of L. was created by Pius X with a decree of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation of 10 April 1910, assigning to it the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, Tayabas, Marinduque and Mindoro. It is a suffragan of Manila; the episcopal see is at Batangas, and the Cathedral is dedicated to St. Sebastian.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, II (1910), p. 290.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1404.

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Josi, Enrico. “Lipa, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1404. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lipa-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Lipa, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1404. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lipa-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Lipa, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1404},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
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