Archdiocese of San Fernando
Archdiocese of San Fernando Archidioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi Arkidiosesis ning San Fernando Arkidiyosesis ng San Fernando Arquidiócesis de San Fernando | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | Pampanga and Angeles City |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Fernando |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,180 km2 (840 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 94 |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 11, 1948 (Diocese) March 17, 1975 (Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Ferdinand |
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| Secular priests | 150 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Florentino Galang Lavarias |
| Suffragans | Rufino Sescon Jr. (Balanga) Bartolome Gaspar Santos (Iba) Roberto Mallari (Tarlac) |
| Vicar General | Francis F. Dizon |
| Bishops emeritus | Paciano Aniceto |
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Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines. | |
The Archdiocese of San Fernando (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi; Filipino: Arkidiyosesis ng San Fernando; Spanish: Arquidiócesis de San Fernando; Kapampangan: Arkidiosesis ning San Fernando) is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Pampanga, Philippines which has territorial jurisdiction over the whole province of Pampanga and Angeles City. The archdiocese is also the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of the same name, which also include three dioceses of its surrounding provinces of Bataan (Diocese of Balanga), Zambales (Diocese of Iba), and Tarlac (Diocese of Tarlac). The cathedral church and seat of the archdiocese is the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando (Pampanga). The Virgin Mary, under the title Virgen de los Remedios, is the principal patroness.
Florentino G. Lavarias, D.D., is the current archbishop of the archdiocese since October 27, 2014, succeeding Paciano B. Aniceto, D.D.