April 10, 1910; 114 years ago (1910-04-10) (Diocese) June 20, 1972; 51 years ago (1972-06-20) (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
Major Archbishop
Gilbert Armea Garcera
Metropolitan Archbishop
Gilbert Armea Garcera[2]
Suffragans
Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit Jr. (Boac) Sede Vacante (Gumaca) 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.
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