Archdiocese of Tuguegarao

Archdiocese of Tuguegarao

Archidioecesis Tuguegaraoana

  • Arkidiocesis ti Tuguegarao (Ilocano)
  • Arkidiocesis nat Tuguegaraw (Ibanag)
  • Arkidiocesis yo Tuguegeraw (Itawit)
  • Archidiocensya yoh Tuguegaraow (Malaweg)
  • Arkidiyosesis ng Tuguegarao (Filipino)
  • Arquidiócesis de Tuguegaráo (Spanish)
Catholic
Tuguegarao Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
CountryPhilippines
TerritoryCagayan
Ecclesiastical provinceTuguegarao
MetropolitanTuguegarao
Statistics
Area9,296 km2 (3,589 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 2,081,000
  • 1,650,000 (79.3%)
Parishes50
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedApril 10, 1910 (1910-04-10) (Diocese)
September 21, 1974 (1974-09-21) (Archdiocese)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle
Patron saintPeter the Apostle
Secular priests75
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
Metropolitan ArchbishopRicardo Lingan Baccay
Vicar GeneralGerard Ariston P. Perez
Bishops emeritus
Map

Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.

The Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is a Latin Catholic metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Tuguegarao is a river delta city that became the center of the archdiocese in the province of Cagayan, on the island of Luzon. Its seat is located at the Saint Peter the Apostle Metropolitan Cathedral.

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