Archdiocese of Tuguegarao

{{Short description|Latin Catholic archdiocese in the Philippines}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Archdiocese | name = Tuguegarao | border = Catholic | latin = Archidioecesis Tuguegaraoana | local = {{plainlist| * {{native name|ilo|Arkidiocesis ti Tuguegarao}} * {{native name|ibg|Arkidiocesis nat Tuguegaraw}} * {{native name|itv|Arkidiocesis yo Tuguegeraw}} * ''Archidiocensya yoh Tuguegaraow'' {{small|{{nobold|([[Malaweg language|Malaweg]])}}}} * {{native name|fil|Arkidiyosesis ng Tuguegarao}} * {{native name|es|Arquidiócesis de Tuguegarao}} }} | image = Tuguegarao Cathedral, Cagayan, Mar 2024.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = [[Tuguegarao Cathedral]] | coat = | coat_size = 150px  | country = [[Philippines]] | metropolitan = Tuguegarao  | territory = [[Cagayan]] | province = Tuguegarao  | coordinates =   | area_km2 = 9,296 | population = 2,081,000 | population_as_of = 2021 | catholics = 1,650,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tugu0.htm?tab=stat|title= Tuguegarao (Metropolitan Archdiocese)|publisher=gcatholic.org|access-date=2024-04-16}}</ref> | catholics_percent = {{percentage|1,650,000|2,081,000|1|%=}} | parishes = 50  | churches =  | congregations =  | schools =  | members =   | denomination = [[Catholic Church]] | sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]] | rite = [[Roman Rite]] | established = {{start date and age|1910|4|10}} (Diocese) {{start date and age|1974|9|21}} (Archdiocese) | cathedral = [[Tuguegarao Cathedral|Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle]] | cocathedral = | patron = [[Peter the Apostle]] | priests = 75   | pope = {{Incumbent pope}}  | metro_archbishop = [[Ricardo Lingan Baccay]] | bishop_title = Archbishop | coadjutor = | suffragans = | auxiliary_bishops = | vicar_general = Gerard Ariston P. Perez | emeritus_bishops = {{ubl|[[Diosdado Talamayan|Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan]]|[[Sergio Utleg|Sergio Lasam Utleg]]}} | map = RC Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.  | website =  | footnotes = |flag=|headquarters=|founded=|dissolved=|language=|bishop=}}

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 [[Tuguegarao Cathedral|Saint Peter the Apostle Metropolitan Cathedral]].

==Description== The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuguegarao, the present territorial jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao covers the entire province of [[Cagayan]].

== History == The missionaries of [[Order of Preachers]] first evangelized [[Cagayan]] in 1595. They brought not only the tenets of Christian faith but also western technologies, infrastructures and ideas that helped in the livelihood and welfare of the Cagayanos. The [[Tuguegarao Cathedral|Church of Saint Peter]] was constructed in 1761. It later became the diocesan cathedral.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Galende, OSA|first1=Pedro|title=Philippine Church Facades|date=2007|publisher=San Agustin Museum|location=Manila, Philippines|isbn=9789710724338|pages=101|edition=First}}</ref>

The Diocese of Tuguegarao was created April 10, 1910<ref>[http://www.claretianpublications.com/index.php/catholic-directory/diocese/archdiocese-of-tuguegarao/141 "Archdiocese of Tuguegarao", Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc.]</ref> with decree of the [[Congregation for Bishops|Congregation of the Sacred Consistory]] ''"Nova Diocesum Circumscriptio In Insulis Philippinis"''. Until 1910 Tuguegarao was part of the [[Diocese of Nueva Segovia]]. In the same year the ancient city of "Nueva Segovia" (now [[Lal-lo]]) became part of the Diocese of Tuguegarao (the see of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia is in [[Vigan]], since 1758). At the time of its foundation until 1951, its territorial jurisdiction stretched from the [[Batanes]] to [[Nueva Vizcaya]].

The first bishop of Tuguegarao was Bishop Maurice P. Foley and he took possession of his diocese on December 6, 1911. Father John E. Killion was his secretary.<ref>[https://digital.library.duq.edu/digital/api/collection/pc3/id/35453/download]</ref> He convoked the first [[Diocesan Synod]] of Tuguegarao from April 16–19, 1912. After his appointment as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro|bishop of Jaro]], he was succeeded by Bishop Santiago C. Sancho as the second bishop of Tuguegarao. He established the '''San Jacinto Seminary''' in 1980 in order to cater to the formation of native clergy and it was given to the administration of [[Order of Preachers|Dominicans]] of the Collegio de San Jacinto. He convoked the second [[Diocesan Synod]] of Tuguegarao from April 12–14, 1923.

Sancho was appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|bishop of Nueva Segovia]] in 1927 and he was succeeded by Bishop [[Constant Jurgens|Constant J. Jurgens]] as the third bishop of Tuguegarao.<ref>[https://ustdigitallibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/boleccledef/id/63950/rec/2 ''Boletin Eclesiastico de Filipinas'', Volume 06, number 64 (September 1928) Manila, University of Santo Tomas Ecclesiastical Publications Office, Miguel de Benavides Library]</ref> He was regarded as the ''"Teaching Bishop"'' because of his priority for education as a tool for evangelization. He also promoted catechism for children and the devotion to the blessed Mother in his diocese. He convoked the third Diocesan Synod of Tuguegarao from August 27–28, 1935. Jurgens was the bishop of Tuguegarao during the [[Second World War]].

Jurgens resigned on May 6, 1950, and he was succeeded by his [[Coadjutor bishop|Coadjutor]], Bishop Alejandro A. Olalia. He re-opened the San Jacinto Seminary as a [[minor seminary]] 18-years after it was closed by his predecessor in 1932. Olalia took part in the First Plenary Council of the Philippines in 1953. Upon his appointment as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa|bishop of Lipa]], a four-year [[Sede vacante|vacancy]] ensued the diocese. The [[auxiliary bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Nueva Segovia]], Juan C. Sison, served as [[apostolic administrator]]. There were significant events that occurred in those 4 years. On June 20, 1954, the image of [[Our Lady of Piat]] was [[Canonical coronation|canonically crowned]] by the [[Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines|Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines]], Archbishop [[Egidio Vagnozzi]] at the patio of the [[Tuguegarao Cathedral|St. Peter's Cathedral]]. He also built the present residence and offices of the bishop of Tuguegarao.

In 1957, [[Teodulfo Domingo|Teodulfo S. Domingo]] was appointed as the fourth bishop of Tuguegarao and he was the first native of [[Cagayan]] to be consecrated as [[bishop]]. Domingo took part in all the session of the [[Second Vatican Council]] and he was a witness to the early years of the implementation of council's reforms in the diocese of Tuguegarao. On September 21, 1974, Tuguegarao was elevated as an [[archdiocese]] by [[Pope Paul VI]] and Domingo was appointed as the first [[archbishop]] of Tuguegarao. He is the longest serving ordinary of Tuguegarao.

Having reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, Domingo resigned on January 31, 1986, and he was succeeded by the [[auxiliary bishop]] of Tuguegarao, [[Diosdado Talamayan|Diosdado A. Talamayan]], as the second archbishop of Tuguegarao. He founded the priestly formation institute at the Lyceum of Aparri in 1990. He took part in the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines in 1991 and later convoked the first Archdiocesan Pastoral Assembly of Tuguegarao also that same year.

On March 10, 1997, the [[Basilica of Our Lady of Piat|Sanctuary of the Our Lady of Piat]] was elevated to a [[Minor Basilica]] by [[Pope John Paul II]].

On June 15, 2011, Talamayan was succeeded by Bishop [[Sergio Utleg|Sergio L. Utleg]] as the third archbishop of Tuguegarao. Utleg is renowned of his advocacies promoting social justice and the protection of the integrity of creation.

On October 18, 2019, [[Pope Francis]] accepted the resignation of Archbishop Utleg and he was succeeded by Bishop [[Ricardo Baccay|Ricardo L. Baccay]] as the fourth Archbishop of Tuguegarao. He is the first archbishop of Tuguegarao from Tuguegarao City. He was installed on January 14, 2020, at the [[Tuguegarao Cathedral|St. Peter's Metropolitan Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |date=September 21, 2021 |title=THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF TUGUEGARAO |url=https://www.facebook.com/ArchdioceseofTuguegaraoOfficial/ |website=Facebook}}</ref>

== Historical summary == {|class="wikitable" !Date || Event || From || To |- |10 Apr 1910||Erected||Diocese of Nueva Segovia||Diocese of Tuguegarao (erected) |- |30 Nov 1950||Territory Lost||Diocese of Tuguegarao||Territorial Prelature of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (erected) |- |29 Jun 1951||Metropolitan Changed|| ||Diocese of Tuguegarao (from Manila) |- |7 Nov 1966||Territory Lost||Diocese of Tuguegarao||Territorial Prelature of Bayombong (erected) |- |31 Jan 1970||Territory Lost||Diocese of Tuguegarao||Diocese of Ilagan (erected) |- |21 Sept 1974||Elevated||Diocese of Tuguegarao||Archdiocese of Tuguegarao |}

== Coat of arms == {|class="wikitable" !Arms || Blazon || Notes |- |[[File:Archdiocese of Tuguegarrao coat of arms 1986.svg|207x207px]]||"Vert (green), a pale wavy argent (silver) and a fleur-de-lys counterchaged in argent (silver) and azure (blue) surmounting in center, accosted in dexter chief by two keys or (gold) and argent (silver) addorsed and crossed debruising an inverted latin cross tenné (tan), and a sun (or) "in splendour" in sinister chief, between two fire proper in center and mountain or (gold) in base paleways."||Present coat of arms of the archdiocese (1986–present) |- ||[[File:Archdiocese of Tuguegarrao coat of arms.svg|207x207px]]||"Between two vert (green) fields is a azure (blue) wavy pale with a argent (silver) fluer-de-lys in the center. On chief of the dexter field are two or (gold) keys crossed debruising a Latin cross with its head downwards. On sinister field is a or (gold) sun in splendour. On center of each green field is fire proper and at base are argent (silver) mountains drawn in the Italian heraldric style."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Madriaga |first=Mariano |date=1957 |title=The Coats-of-Arms of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in the Philippines: Part II. The Suffragan Sees in the Luzon Area |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42719342 |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=420–430 |doi= |jstor=42719342 |access-date=June 7, 2021}}</ref>||Coat of arms impaled in the coat of arms of Archbishop Teodulfo Domingo (1957–1986) |- |[[File:Archdiocese of Tuguegarrao coat of arms 1910.svg|208x208px]]||"Per bend sinister azure (silver) and gules (red), a sword in pale argent (silver), the hilt up or (gold), between two keys paleways addorsed, wards up, the dexter of the fourth, the sinister of the third, in dexter chief a star of six points or (gold) of the fourth."<ref>{{cite journal |date=July 1911 |title=Ecclesiastical Review 1911-07: Vol 45 Iss 1 |publisher=Catholic University of America Press |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-ecclesiastical-review_1911-07_45_1/page/8/mode/2up}}</ref>||Coat of arms seen in the coat of arms of Bishop Maurice Foley and designed by [[Pierre de Chaignon la Rose]] (1910–1916). |}

==Suffragan dioceses== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="1" |Coat of Arms!! Diocese!! Bishop!! Territory |- ||[[File:Coat of arms of the Diocese of Ilagan.svg|150px|]] || [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan]] ||''[[Sede vacante]]''||[[Isabela Province|Isabela]] |- ||[[File:Coat of arms of the Diocese of Bayombong.svg|150px]]||[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong]]||Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao (since July 25, 2018)||[[Nueva Vizcaya]]|[[Quirino]] |- ||[[File:Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Batanes.svg|150px]]||[[Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Batanes]]||[[Danilo Ulep|Danilo Bangayan Ulep]] (since August 8, 2017)||[[Batanes]] |}

== Episcopal ordinaries ==

;''Bishops'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" | No. ! colspan="2" scope="col" style="border-right:none;" | Name ! scope="col" style="width:20%;" | From ! scope="col" style="width:20%;" | Until ! scope="col" style="width:20%;" | Coat of arms |- ! scope="row" | 1 | [[File:M. Foley 1911.jpg|227x227px]] | [[Maurice Patrick Foley]] | September 1, 1910 | September 6, 1916 | [[File:Coat of arms of Maurice Patrick Foley.svg|210px]] |- ! scope="row" | 2 | [[File:Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tuguegarao.svg|150px]] | [[Santiago Sancho|Santiago Caragnan Sancho]] | February 5, 1917 | April 22, 1927 | [[File:Coat of arms of Santiago Caragnan Sancho (Tuguegarao).svg|223x223px]] |- !3 | [[File:Jurgens.png|180px|Ilmo. y Revmo. Mgr. Constancio Jurgens]] | [[Constant Jurgens|Constant Jurgens, CICM]] | January 27, 1928 | May 6, 1950 | [[File:Coat of arms of Constant Jurgens.svg|210px]] |- ! scope="row" | 4 | [[File:Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tuguegarao (1950-1986).svg|217x217px]] | [[Alejandro Olalia|Alejandro Ayson Olalia]] | May 6, 1950 | December 28, 1953 | [[File:Coat of arms of Alejandro Ayson Olalia as Bishop of Tuguegarao.svg|210px]] |- | colspan="2" |Sede Vacante - Apostolic Administrator | [[Juan Sison|Juan Callanta Sison]] | December 28, 1953 | April 29, 1957 | [[File:Coat of arms of Juan Callanta Sison (auxiliary).svg|210px]] |- !5 | [[File:Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tuguegarao (1950-1986).svg|217x217px]] | [[Teodulfo Domingo|Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo]] | April 29, 1957 | September 21, 1974 | [[File:Coat of arms of Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo as Bishop of Tuguegarao.svg|210px]] |}

;''Archbishops'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" |- ! style="width:40px;"|No. ! style="width:80px;"|Picture ! style="width:400px;"|Name ! style="width:100px;"|From ! style="width:100px;"|Until ! style="width:150px;"|Coat of arms |- align=center ||1 ||[[File:Coat of arms of the Diocese of Tuguegarao (1950-1986).svg|217x217px]]||[[Teodulfo Domingo|Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo]]|| September 21, 1974 || January 31, 1986 ||[[File:Coat of arms of Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo as Archbishop of Tuguegarao.svg|220px]] |- align=center ||2 || ||[[Diosdado Talamayan|Diosadado Aenelle Talamayan]]|| January 31, 1986 || June 15, 2011 ||[[File:Coat of arms of Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan.svg|234x234px]] |- align=center ||3 || ||[[Sergio Utleg|Sergio Lasam Utleg]] ||June 15, 2011 || October 18, 2019 ||[[File:Coat of arms of Sergio Lasam Utleg as Archbishop of Tuguegarao.svg|234x234px]] |- align=center ||4 || ||[[Ricardo Lingan Baccay]] || October 18, 2019 || Incumbent ||[[File:Coat of Arms of Ricardo Baccay.svg|220px]] |}

== Timeline of episcopal ordinaries ==

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==Auxiliary bishops== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" |- ! style="width:40px;"|No. ! style="width:80px;"|Picture ! style="width:400px;"|Name ! style="width:100px;"|From ! style="width:100px;"|Until ! style="width:150px;"|Titular See |- align=center ||1 ||[[File:Coat of arms of Salvador Lazo Lazo (auxiliary).svg|158x158px]]||[[Salvador Lazo Lazo]]|| December 1, 1969 || August 3, 1977 (Appointed, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia]])||[[Selja, Stad|Selia]] |- align=center ||2 ||[[File:Coat of arms of Paciano Basilio Aniceto as Archbishop of San Fernando.svg|159x159px]]||[[Paciano Aniceto|Paciano Basilio Aniceto]]|| April 7, 1979 || October 20, 1983 (Appointed, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Iba|Bishop of Iba]])||[[Tlos]] |- align=center ||3 ||[[File:Coat of arms of Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan as Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao.svg|158x158px]]||[[Diosdado Talamayan|Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan]] || October 20, 1983 || January 31, 1986, (Succeeded, 2nd Archbishop of Tuguegarao)||[[Numidia (Roman province)|Girus]] |- align=center ||4 ||[[File:Coat of arms of Ricardo Lingan Baccay as Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao.svg|159x159px]]||[[Ricardo Lingan Baccay]]|| April 10, 2007 || February 20, 2016 (Appointed, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos|Bishop of Alaminos]])||[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Gabala|Gabala]] |}

==Other priests of this diocese who became bishops== *[[Miguel Purugganan|Miguel Gatan Purugganan]] (March 2, 1957, appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia]]; later appointed as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan|Bishop of Ilagan]]) *[[Ramon Villena|Ramon Barrera Villena]] (March 30, 1963, appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tagum|Auxiliary Bishop of Tagum]]; later appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong|Bishop of Bayombong]]) *[[Salvador Lazo Lazo]] (Aug 3, 1977, Appointed, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia]]; later appointed as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de La Union|Bishop of San Fernando de La Union]]) *[[Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran]] (Mar 18, 2006, Appointed, [[Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe|Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe]]; later appointed as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de La Union|Bishop of San Fernando de La Union]]) *[[Danilo Ulep|Danilo Bangayan Ulep]] (May 20, 2017, Appointed, [[Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Batanes|Bishop-Prelate of Batanes]])

==Address== The office of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is currently located at ''The Archbishop's Palace, Rizal Street, Centro 10, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines''.

==See also== *[[Catholic Church in the Philippines]] *[[List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtugu.html Catholic Hierarchy] *[http://www.cbcponline.org/jurisdictions/tuguegarao.html CBCP] *[http://www.church.nfo.ph/list-of-parishes-of-the-roman-catholic-archdiocese-of-tuguegarao Parishes] *[http://www.svdphn.org/aboutus/mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915002730/http://svdphn.org/aboutus/mission |date=September 15, 2016 }} *[https://olefoundation.org/san-jacinto-seminary-alumni-association/ San Jacinto Seminary Alumni Association]

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