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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.
The parish church, established in 1587 and administered by the Dominican Missionary Friars in 1588, is dedicated to Saint Dominic of Guzman. [1] The parish is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Balanga. [2] Since June 5, 2023, its parish priest is Fr. Milver R. Cruz.
In 2008, 15 life-size images of saints with their names were added outside the cathedral representing the patron saints from the 11 towns and 1 city of Bataan where the Diocese of Balanga has jurisdiction with and a few towns have multiple saints (with St. Gemma Galgani was later added as the 16th and latest statue four years later in 2012 ...
Bataan (/ b ɑː t ɑː ˈ ʔ ɑː n /, / b ɑː ˈ t ɑː n /), officially the Province of Bataan (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Bataan, Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Bataan, Ilocano: Probinsia ti Bataan, Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Bataan, IPA: [bɐtɐˈʔan]), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.
The Bataan Peninsula State University was established by Republic Act 9403 which was signed into law on 22 March 2007. [ 1 ] In June 2008, the university made education more accessible to the residents of the towns of Bagac and Morong by establishing an extension in the Municipality of Bagac.
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Balanga may refer to: Balanga, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Gombe State; Balanga, Bataan, a city in the Philippines; Balanga, another name for tapayan, large ...