Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando

Archdiocese of San Fernando

Archidioecesis Sancti Ferdinandi

Arkidiosesis ning San Fernando
Arkidiyosesis ng San Fernando
Arquidiócesis de San Fernando
Catholic
Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of San Fernando
Coat of arms
Location
CountryPhilippines
TerritoryPampanga and Angeles City
Ecclesiastical provinceSan Fernando
Statistics
Area2,180 km2 (840 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
2,900,637
2,494,547[1] (86%)
Parishes94
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 11, 1948 (Diocese)
March 17, 1975 (Archdiocese)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of St. Ferdinand
Patron saint
  • Virgen De Los Remedios (Patroness of the Province of Pampanga and the Kapampangan People)
  • Sto. Cristo Del Perdon y Caridad (Divine Protector of the Province of Pampanga)
  • St. Ferdinand (Patron of the City of San Fernando)
Secular priests150
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFlorentino Galang Lavarias
Suffragans
Vicar GeneralFrancis F. Dizon
Bishops emeritusPaciano Aniceto (Archbishop; 1989–2014)
Map
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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.

Its suffragan dioceses of Balanga, Iba, and Tarlac, along with the dioceses of San Jose and Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija (both suffragans of Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan), and Malolos in Bulacan (suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila), form the group of dioceses in Central Luzon.

Florentino G. Lavarias, D.D., is the current archbishop of the archdiocese since October 27, 2014, succeeding Paciano B. Aniceto, D.D.

  1. ^ "San Fernando (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-18.