Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia

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Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia

Archidioecesis Novae Segobiae

Arkidiocesis ti Nueva Segovia
Arkidiyosesis ng Nueva Segovia
Arquidiócesis de Nueva Segovia
Catholic
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Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.svg
Coat of arms
Location
Country Philippines
Territory Ilocos Sur
Ecclesiastical province Nueva Segovia
MetropolitanNueva Segovia
Statistics
Area2,579 km2 (996 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
763,549
634,569 [1]  (83.1%)
Parishes41
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedAugust 14, 1595;428 years ago (August 14, 1595)(Diocese)
June 29, 1951;73 years ago (June 29, 1951)(Archdiocese)
Cathedral Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle
Co-cathedral Santa Maria Pro-cathedral (temporary)
Patron saint Saint Paul
Secular priests 70
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Marlo Mendoza Peralta
Suffragans Renato Mayugba (Laoag)
Leopoldo Jaucian (Bangued)
Sede vacante (Baguio)
Bishops emeritus
Map
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Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.

The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It covers the province of Ilocos Sur, on the island of Luzon. The see of the archdiocese is the city of Vigan. [2] [3]

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The archdiocese was erected in 1595 in the city of Nueva Segovia (modern-day Lal-lo, Cagayan). The see was moved in 1758 to Vigan because of its relative distance, at the request of Bishop Juan de la Fuente Yepes, during the pontificate of Benedict XIV. It became an archdiocese in 1951.

The archdiocese features the only archbishop's residence in the Philippines built during the Spanish era. It is located just beside the Vigan Cathedral. The rear of the convent also had an access to nearby Govantes Dike, apparently a convenient exit point by sea, but it is no longer in use as the dike is no longer navigable. Both the archbishop's residence and the cathedral itself remains to be one of the greatest contributions of the Order of Augustinian Recollects in the Philippines.

The archdiocese also operates its own radio station, dzNS ("NS" meaning "New Sound" and "Nueva Segovia"), which is a member of the Catholic Media Network.

The archdiocese also operates a weekly newspaper, Timek ti Amianan (Ilocano: "Voice of the North").

History

National historical marker installed in 1949, back when Nueva Segovia was still a diocese Historical Marker Site of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia.jpg
National historical marker installed in 1949, back when Nueva Segovia was still a diocese

The Diocese of Nueva Segovia was established together with Cebu and Nueva Cáceres by Pope Clement VIII on August 14, 1595, by virtue of the papal bull Super Specula Militantis Ecclesia under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception. Its first bishop was Miguel de Benavides. The ecclesiastical jurisdiction extended to the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Pangasinan, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes, Mountain Province and five northern towns of Tarlac.

Although Vigan was the oldest town created by the Spaniards in the north, it was not made the seat of the diocese which was created for Northern Luzon since the preferred locale, Nueva Segovia, a city at the mouth of the Ibanag River in Cagayan, was by then already a flourishing Spanish settlement while Vigan was then only a pueblo, a town. Eventually however, the city of Nueva Segovia was gradually effaced by the floods of the Rio Grande, and the seat was provisionally transferred to the nearby town of Lal-lo, Cagayan. On September 7, 1758, the seat was permanently transferred to Vigan, retaining the old name, up to the present. The transfer was made at the request of the bishop Juan de la Fuente Yepes during the pontificate of Benedict XIV. The year 2008 marks the 250th year since the transfer.

Nueva Segovia was elevated to an archdiocese, separated from Manila on June 29, 1951, by virtue of the papal bull Quo in Philippina Republica of Pope Pius XII. As the other local churches matured, there was eventual weaning from the archdiocese. Presently, it covers the civil province of Ilocos Sur, with the Dioceses of Laoag, Bangued and Baguio, and the Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe as suffragans. Santiago C. Sancho was the first archbishop of the newly elevated metropolitan church. Since Sancho, there had been five other Ordinaries of Nueva Segovia – Archbishops Juan C. Sison, Jose T. Sanchez, Orlando B. Quevedo, Edmundo M. Abaya, Ernesto A. Salgado and currently, Marlo Mendoza Peralta who is 37th bishop and 7th archbishop.

The archdiocese maintains a complex of mass communications media – an AM radio station, DzNS (963 kHz) founded in 1968; a weekly newspaper, Timek ti Amianan founded in 1983; and a printing press, the Imprenta Nueva Segovia founded in 1995.

In December 2018, the Nueva Segovia Archdiocesan Archives known as Archivo Nueva Segovia (ANS) was declared a national cultural treasure by the National Archives of the Philippines becoming one of only three archives, including the National Archives and the University of Santo Tomas Archives, to be given the distinction. The archives was established in the early 1990s by Archbishop Orlando Quevedo. [4]

Coat of arms

The sword and the book are symbols of Paul the Apostle, patron saint of the cathedral at Vigan. The sword was the instrument of his martyrdom, the book stands for the gospel which he preached as an apostle. The inscription Gladius Spiritus(Sword of the Spirit) is taken from his epistle to the Ephesians (6:17): "Make the helmet of salvation your own, and the sword of the Spirit, God's word." The red background stands for his burning zeal for souls and for his martyrdom.

The snaky figure in silver that traverses the bottom of the field represents the Abra river on the north bank of which is the seat of the archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

The popular name of the seat of Nueva Segovia is Vigan which derived its name from the Ilocano word "bigaan," a contraction of 'cabigaan' meaning where the 'biga' abounds, a plant of the taro family but bigger than the taro and with bigger tubers; hence its scientific name Alocasia macrorhiza meaning an alocasia with big root. [5]

Ordinaries

Bishops

Archbishops

ArchbishopPeriod in OfficeCoat of Arms
1. Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.svg Santiago Caragnan Sancho1951–1966 Coat of arms of Santiago Caragnan Sancho as Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.svg
2. Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.svg Juan Callanta Sison1966–1981 Coat of arms Juan Callanta Sison as Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.svg
3. Portrait of Cardinal Jose Sanchez.jpg Jose Tomas Sanchez 1982–1986 Coat of arms of Jose Tomas Sanchez as Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.svg
4. Cardinal Quevedo in 2016 (Crop).png Orlando Beltran Quevedo 1986–1998 Coat of arms of Orlando Beltran Quevedo as Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.svg
5. Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.svg Edmundo Abaya 1999–2005 Coat of arms of Edmundo Madarang Abaya as Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.svg
6. Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.svg Ernesto Antolin Salgado2005–2013 [3] Coat of arms of Ernesto Antolin Salgado as Archbishop of Nueva Segovia.svg
7. Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.svg Marlo Mendoza Peralta 2014 - Present Coat of Arms of Marlo Peralta.svg

Suffragan dioceses

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Ecclesiastical Province of Nueva Segovia

Notable churches under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese

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