Diocese of San Pablo, Philippines 🇵🇭

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Pablo / Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Manila

Neighbouring Dioceses: Lipa (↙), Imus (↖), Parañaque (↖), Antipolo (↑), Infanta (↗), Lucena (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Thebes (January 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.11.28: Established as Diocese of San Pablo / Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis (Latin) (from Diocese of Lipa and became suffragan of Manila)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit (57)

Monsignors (15)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Pablo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit (57)
(2024.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines)

Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1969.05.18 (Manila, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1995.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.03.13

Priest of Lipa (Philippines) (1995.03.13 – 2014.12.31)

Bishop of Boac (Philippines) (2014.12.31 – 2024.09.21)

Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines) (2024.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.09.21 – 2024.09.21)

Bishop Buenaventura Malayo Famadico (70)
(2013.01.25 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of San Pablo (Philippines)

Maghari ka sa Amin

Born:	1956.07.13 (Banton, Romblon, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1983.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.19

Priest of Calapan (Philippines) (1983.10.25 – 2002.04.06)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (2002.04.06 – 2003.06.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (Philippines) (2002.04.06 – 2003.06.11)

Bishop of Gumaca (Philippines) (2003.06.11 – 2013.01.25)

Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines) (2013.01.25 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop Leo Murphy Drona, S.D.B. (84)
(2004.05.14 – 2013.01.25)

Bishop emeritus of San Pablo (Philippines)

Pro mundi vita

Born:	1941.10.18 (Pangil, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.07.25

Bishop of San Jose de Nueva Ecija (Philippines) (1987.06.10 – 2004.05.14)

Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines) (2004.05.14 – 2013.01.25)

Bishop Francisco Capiral San Diego
(1995.07.12 – 2003.06.28)

Servus Dei

Born:	1935.10.10 (Obando, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.08.10
Died:	2015.08.26 († 79)

Priest of Manila (Philippines) (1963.12.21 – 1983.06.06)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines) (1983.06.06 – 1987.12.18)

Titular Bishop of Zica (1983.06.06 – 1995.07.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Palawan (Philippines) (1987.12.18 – 1995.07.12)

Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines) (1995.07.12 – 2003.06.28)

Bishop of Pasig (Philippines) (2003.06.28 – 2010.12.21)

Bishop Pedro Bantigue y Natividad
(1967.01.26 – 1995.07.12)

Dei sumus adjutores

Born:	1920.01.31 (Hagonoy, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1945.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.07.25
Died:	2012.11.20 († 92)

Priest of Manila (Philippines) (1945.05.31 – 1961.05.29)

Titular Bishop of Catula (1961.05.29 – 1967.01.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (Philippines) (1961.05.29 – 1967.01.26)

Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines) (1967.01.26 – 1995.07.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Paul the Hermit, San Pablo, Laguna, Calabarzon
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Gregory the Great, Majayjay, Laguna, Calabarzon
National Shrine: National Shrine of St. Anthony of Padua, Pila, Laguna, Calabarzon
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (93)

Lipa (↙), Imus (↖), Parañaque (↖), Antipolo (↑), Infanta (↗), Lucena (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,918 km²

Population: 3,115,119 Catholics (87.8% of 3,547,994 total)

Pastoral Centres: 91 parishes

Personnel: 215 priests (142 diocesan, 73 religious), 627 religious (326 brothers, 301 sisters), 49 seminarians