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Diocese of San Fernando de La Unión Dioecesis Ferdinandopolitana ab Unione Diócesis ti San Fernando de La Union Diyosesis ng San Fernando de La Union Diócesis de San Fernando de La Unión | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | La Union |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lingayen-Dagupan |
| Metropolitan | Lingayen-Dagupan |
| Coordinates | 16°36′57″N 120°19′03″E / 16.61576°N 120.31752°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,493 km2 (576 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 853,600 730,300[1] (85.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 19 January 1970 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral-Parish of St. William the Hermit |
| Patron saint | William the Hermit Our Lady of Namacpacan |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Daniel Oca Presto |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Socrates B. Villegas |
| Website | |
| dioceseofcabanatuan.org | |
The Diocese of San Fernando de La Union (Latin: Dioecesis Ferdinandopolitana ab Unione) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was established in 1970 from the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.[2] It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
- ^ "San Fernando de La Union(Catholic Diocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ Catholic-Hierarchy