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Diocese of Novaliches Diocesis Novalichesina Diyosesis ng Novaliches Diócesis de Novaliches | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory |
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| Ecclesiastical province | Manila |
| Metropolitan | Manila |
| Coordinates | 14°41′51″N 121°04′03″E / 14.69744°N 121.06742°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 3,082,257 2,404,161[1] (78%) |
| Parishes | 73 |
| Schools | 9 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 7, 2002 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral-Shrine and Parish of the Good Shepherd |
| Patron | Christ, the Good Shepherd Our Lady of Mercy |
| Secular priests | 53 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Roberto Orendain Gaa |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jose Advincula |
| Vicar General | Jesus-Romulo C. Rañada (for administration) Antonio E. Labiao, Jr. (for pastoral affairs) |
| Bishops emeritus | Teodoro Cruz Bacani Antonio Realubin Tobias |
| Statistics from Catholic-Hierarchy.org | |
The Diocese of Novaliches (Latin: Dioecesis Novalichesina; Filipino: Diyosesis ng Novaliches) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was created by Pope John Paul II on December 7, 2002, by virtue of his Apostolic Constitution Animarum Utilitati,[2] and was canonically erected on January 16, 2003, from the Archdiocese of Manila. The diocese previously existed as the Ecclesiastical District of Quezon City-North, which was renamed the District of Novaliches in 2002.
As of September 2018, the diocese is composed of 70 full-fledged parishes (five of which are diocesan shrines) and one mission area, clustered into twelve vicariates. The diocese's principal patron is Jesus, the Good Shepherd named after the cathedral of the same name, and patroness is Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Mercy.
- ^ "Novaliches (Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Novalichesina, die septimo mensis Decembris, anno MMII – Constitutio Apostolica, Ioannes Paulus PP. II | Ioannes Paulus II". w2.vatican.va. Retrieved October 5, 2018.