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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.
The Cathedral-Shrine of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary, commonly known as Balanga Cathedral, in Balanga, Bataan, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga which comprises entire of the civil province of Bataan, Philippines. Currently, Noel Niguid and Alwin Bobis serve as the cathedral priests.
The parish is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Balanga. [2] Since June 5, 2023, its parish priest is Fr. Milver R. Cruz. The church housed one of the earliest printing presses in the Philippines, established in 1608 by Father Francisco Blancas de San Jose, O.P. and Tomas Pinpin who used the facility to print books in Spanish and Tagalog.
Diocese of Balanga Dioecesis Balangensis: Rufino C. Sescon Jr. (1 day) Bataan: Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral Parish of Saint Joseph: Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary: March 17, 1975 (49 years, 350 days) Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Orani: National Shrine and Parish of Saint John Paul II 38 parishes and 1 mission station Diocese of Iba
It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Balanga. [1] The parish has a Catholic population of 11,581, under Titular of St. Catherine of Siena, with Feast day on April 30. Its former Parish Priest is Monsignor Edilfredo Cruz of the [citation needed] Vicariate of St. Dominic de Guzman. [2]
Ocampo is the first from the Diocese of Balanga to serve as bishop outside its jurisdiction Bataan, and the ecclesiastical province of San Fernando, Pampanga where the diocese is part of (Diocese of Gumaca being a suffragan or part of the ecclesiastical province of Lipa, Batangas).
Santos decreed the creation and addition of five parishes, four more diocesan shrines (only Orani Church was the only diocesan shrine in the Diocese of Balanga by the time he was appointed as the diocese's fourth bishop on April 1, 2010 and assumed office three months later on July 8), and one minor basilica, national shrine and chapel were ...
St. Joseph's College was founded by then Most Reverend Bishop Socrates B. Villegas, DD when he was the newly installed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga (now the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan) in 2006 with then SFIC Provincial Superior Sr. Josephini P. Ambatali, SFIC. It is the first Catholic school in Balanga. [1]