Archdiocese of Lipa Archidioecesis Lipaensis
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| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | Batangas |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lipa |
| Metropolitan | Lipa |
| Deaneries | 14 |
| Coordinates | 13°56′27″N 121°09′47″E / 13.9408°N 121.1630°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,165 km2 (1,222 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 3,122,229 3,041,821[1] (97.4%) |
| Parishes | 65 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | April 10, 1910 (Diocese) June 20, 1972 (Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian |
| Patron saint | Joseph the Patriarch (Primary) Our Lady of Caysasay (Titular Queen) Sebastian (Lipa City) |
| Secular priests | 123 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gilbert Garcera[2] |
| Suffragans | Sede vacante (Boac) Euginius Longakit Cañete (Gumaca) (Bishop-Elect) Mel Rey Minoga Uy (Lucena) Bernadino Cruz Cortez (Infanta) Moises Magpantay Cuevas (Calapan) Pablito Martinez Tagura (San Jose) |
| Vicar General | Ruben Dimaculangan |
| Judicial Vicar | Wilfredo Rosales |
| Bishops emeritus | Gaudencio Borbon Rosales (Archbishop, 1993–2003) Ramon Cabrera Arguelles (Archbishop, 2004–2017) |
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 Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines. | |
The Archdiocese of Lipa (Latin: Archidioecesis Lipaensis; Filipino: Arsidiyosesis ng Lipa; Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Lipa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising the civil province of Batangas. Its cathedral is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian located in Lipa, Batangas. First created on April 10, 1910 from the Archdiocese of Manila, the diocese was elevated into its present status on June 20, 1972. Today, the Archdiocese of Lipa's ecclesiastical province covers Batangas and the suffragan territories in the civil provinces of Quezon, Marinduque, and Aurora. The archdiocese itself is divided into 14 vicariates forane further comprising a total of 65 parishes.
In addition, the Archdiocese of Lipa also serves as the de facto overseer of the Apostolic Vicariates of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro and San Jose in Occidental Mindoro, all the exempt dioceses of the Holy See (with the vicariates under the jurisdiction of the Dicastery for Evangelization).
- ^ "Lipa (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Pope Francis names new archbishop of Lipa". February 3, 2017.