Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta
Territorial Prelature of Infanta Praelatura Territorialis Infantensis Prelatura Teritoryal ng Infanta | |
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Infanta Cathedral | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Territory | Northern Quezon Province (Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polillo, Real), Aurora |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lipa |
| Metropolitan | Lipa |
| Coordinates | 14°44′50″N 121°38′59″E / 14.74717°N 121.64965°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,189 km2 (2,776 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral-Parish of the Divine Infant Jesus of Prague and St. Mark the Evangelist |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Prelate | Dave Dean Capucao (Prelate-elect) |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gilbert Garcera |
| Bishops emeritus | Bernardino Cortez |
The Territorial Prelature of Infanta (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Infantensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the municipality of Infanta, Quezon, in the ecclesiastical province of Lipa in the Philippines.
It was established on April 25, 1950 by the papal bull "Precibus annuentes" taking a portion of the then-Diocese of Lipa. In 1953, some municipalities in the civil province of Isabela was added into it. However, it was taken again by the Diocese of Tuguegarao on August 16, 1955. Originally, the prelature was a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Manila but was transferred to the Ecclesiastical Province of Lipa on June 20, 1972.
The two main divisions of the prelature is based on the two geographical units that comprises it: the province of Quezon and the province of Aurora. Furthermore, it is governed by the prelate through four vicariates that covers (1) the parishes of Real, Infanta, and Nakar, (2) the parishes of the Polillo Group of Islands, (3) parishes within Central Aurora province, and (4) parishes in the span of Northern Aurora.