Diocese of Lucena

The Diocese of Lucena () is a Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines with the seat in Lucena City. The diocese was erected in 1950 and was carved out from the then Diocese of Lipa and was a suffragan diocese of Manila. When Lipa was elevated to an archdiocese in 1972, the Diocese of Lucena was reassigned to the new Archdiocese. In 1977, the Diocese of Boac, which covers the parishes in the island-province of Marinduque, was created and separated from Lucena. In 1984, the Diocese of Lucena was further divided with the creation of the Diocese of Gumaca, which covers the municipalities of Quezon province east of Gumaca, Quezon.

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Bishops

Coadjutor Bishops

Auxiliary Bishops

Priest of the Diocese who became Bishops

+ Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, 3rd Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Cebu (1982-2010)
+ Rafael Lim, 1st Bishop of Diocese of Boac (1978-1998)
+ Godofredo Pedernal, 2nd Bishop of the Diocese of Borongan (1968-1976) Ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Lipa before the erection of the Diocese of Lucena.
+ Angel Lagdameo, 5th Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Jaro (2000-2018).
+ Jose Francisco Oliveros, 4th Bishop of Diocese of Malolos (2004-2018). Ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Lucena before the erection of the Diocese of Gumaca.
Emilio Zurbano Marquez, 1st Bishop of the Diocese of Gumaca, and 4th Bishop of the Diocese of Lucena (2002-2017)
Edwin Oracion Panergo, 5th Bishop of the Diocese of Boac from 2025.
Antonio Racelis RaÃÂ±ola, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Archdiocese of Cebu (1990-2003)

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