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Balanga was formerly a village of Abucay before it was established as a mission of the Dominican Order in the Provincial Charter of April 21, 1714, and later declared a vicariate on April 18, 1739, under the patronage of Saint Joseph.
The Diocese of Balanga is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, established on March 17, 1975, by Pope Paul VI.The diocese has jurisdiction over the whole province of Bataan, with 38 parishes, 5 diocesan shrines, one minor basilica, chaplaincy, quasi-parish, national shrine and chapel, and 4 vicariates.
Sócrates "Soc" Buenaventura Villegas O.P. (born September 28, 1960) [1] is a Filipino prelate, and a professed member of the Dominican Order. [2] He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, from December 1, 2013 [3] to December 1, 2017, when he finished his second and final term ...
Monasteries and other sites of the Dominican Order can be found in numerous countries around the world. This incomplete list is ordered geographically using contemporary country boundaries, which often differ from historical order, and to the extent possible, chronological order of Dominican affiliation within each country.
English: Archbishop Sócrates Buenaventura Villegas O.P. (born September 28, 1960) is a Filipino prelate, and a professed member of the Dominican Order, He is the current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, from December 1, 2013 to December 1, 2017, when he finished his second and final term as ...
The Order of Preachers (Latin: Ordo Prædicatorum, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian priest named Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.
The Spanish Dominican friars arrived in the province of Bataan (then known as the Partido de Bataan and considered part of Pampanga) in 1587 and founded the parish of Abucay on June 10, 1588, placing it under the patronage of Domingo de Guzman, the founder of the Order of Preachers or the Dominican Order. The Dominican frailes brought with them ...
The Dominican friars built and repaired the Orani church and convent in 1792 and 1836, but these were badly damaged by the September 16, 1852, earthquake. [10] From 1868 to 1891, Bartolomé Alvarez del Manzano built and improved the church buildings, which were finished by Fermín Pérez de San Julián.