Diocese of Cubao Dioecesis Cubaoënsis Diyosesis ng Cubao
Catholic
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, seat of the diocese
Coat of arms. The scroll reads, "Civitas supra montem posita" (Latin for 'A city set on a hill')
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Quezon City District 1 District 3 (except Barangay Camp Aguinaldo, Matandang Balara, EDSA Shrine) District 4 (except the southern part of Bagong Lipunan ng Crame) District 6 (Apolonio Samson, Baesa, Balong Bato, New Era, Sangandaan, southern Culiat, southern Tandang Sora, Unang Sigaw)
Ecclesiastical province	Manila
Metropolitan	Manila
Statistics
Area	76 km2 (29 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,836,483 1,468,829[1] (80%)
Parishes	46 parishes, 1 non-parochial shrine
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 28, 2003; 23 years ago (June 28, 2003)
Cathedral	Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Cubao
Patroness	Immaculate Conception
Secular priests	63
Current leadership
Pope	‹ The template Incumbent pope is being considered for deletion. › Leo XIV
Bishop	Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr., C.M.F.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jose Advincula
Vicar General	Fredrick Edward C. Simon
Bishops emeritus	Honesto Flores Ongtioco
Website
https://dioceseofcubao.ph

The Diocese of Cubao (Latin: Dioecesis Cubaoënsis) is a Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church in district of Cubao in Quezon City, in northern Metro Manila, Philippines. The diocese was created by Pope John Paul II on June 28, 2003^[2] from the ecclesiastical district of Cubao of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. It was canonically erected on August 28, 2003, with the installation of Honesto Ongtioco as the first bishop of Cubao. The Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title Immaculate Conception, is the principal patroness of the diocese.

The diocese is composed of 45 full parishes including three national shrines, two minor basilicas; two quasi-parishes; one non-parochial diocesan shrine; and one mission station. These are clustered into six separate vicariates.

History

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On December 3, 1974, Manila Archbishop Jaime Sin divided Quezon City into four vicariates: the Vicariates of Santa Rita, of Holy Family, of Saint Joseph, and of Santo Nino.

On August 10, 1987, the ecclesiastical district of Quezon City was divided into two: Quezon City-North and Quezon City-South. On March 15, 2002, the district's territories were revised and the southern district renamed the ecclesiastical district of Cubao. Manila Auxiliary Bishop Socrates Villegas became the district bishop with Monsignor Daniel Santa Maria as its episcopal vicar.

On June 28, 2003, Pope John Paul II signed the papal bull Quo Satius Provideretur and the district was made a diocese, along with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan and Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig. Honesto F. Ongtioco, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga, was named its first bishop and was formally installed on August 28, 2003. The Immaculate Conception Parish at 39 Lantana Street, Barangay Immaculate Conception, Cubao, Quezon City, became the Cubao Cathedral and seat of the diocese.

Territorial jurisdiction

The diocese comprises the southern part of Quezon City, starting from Tandang Sora Avenue and Mactan Street leading throughout the south of the city, particularly the three legislative districts of the city in the south: District 1 (all barangays), District 3 (except Barangays Camp Aguinaldo, Matandang Balara and EDSA Shrine in Brgy. Ugong Norte along EDSA-Ortigas), and District 4 (except the lower part of Barangay Bagong Lipunan ng Crame). In addition to, it comprises some barangays in District 6, namely Sangandaan, Baesa, Apolonio Samson, Unang Sigaw, Balon-bato (or Balumbato), New Era, and portions of Culiat and Tandang Sora that are found on the southern portion across Tandang Sora Avenue.

Two properties owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Manila which are Radio Veritas 846 and Our Lady of Veritas Chapel, headquarters of Philippine religious congregations Claretian Missionaries (CMF), Dominican Order (Order of Preachers (OP)) Society of Jesus (SJ), Order of Friars Minor (OFM), Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR), Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM) Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSSP) and Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC), government-owned media assets such as PTV-4 and PBS-BBS (under Radyo Pilipinas (Radyo Pilipinas - Radyo Publiko, Radyo Pilipinas - Sports and Radyo Pilipinas - Magasin) and PBS FM (Republika ni Juan and The Capital) brands), and headquarters of media companies and broadcasting networks, such as ABS-CBN Corporation, GMA Network, Inc. and their namesake media networks (ELJ Communications Center and GMA Network Center), are located within the diocese's jurisdiction.^[3]

Camp Aguinaldo and the portion of Camp Crame south of Bonny Serrano Avenue, with Veterans Memorial Medical Center along North Avenue, Project 6, are under the jurisdiction of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, whereas Barangay Matandang Balara and EDSA Shrine are under the Diocese of Novaliches and Archdiocese of Manila, respectively.

Ordinaries

Bishop			Period in office	Notes	Coat of Arms
1		Honesto Flores Ongtioco	August 28, 2003 – December 3, 2024 (21 years, 97 days)	Retired, served as second Bishop of Balanga in Bataan from June 18, 1998 to August 28, 2003 prior to transfer to Cubao and Apostolic Administrator (Temporary Bishop) of Malolos from May 16, 2018 to August 21, 2019.
2		Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr., CMF	December 3, 2024 – present (1 year, 267 days)	Chairman of the CBCP – Episcopal Commission on Mutual Relations Between Bishops and Consecrated Persons Apostolic Administrator of Parañaque (Since June 6, 2026)

Vicariates and Parishes

The Diocese of Cubao consists of 48 parishes and quasi-parishes.^[4]

Arms

See also

• Catholic Church in the Philippines

References

External links

• Media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Dioecesis Cubaoensis Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• Our Lady of Pentecost Parish Archived May 7, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
• Transfiguration of Our Lord Parish
• San Antonio de Padua Parish

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