Diocese of Tarlac
The Diocese of Tarlac is a Latin Catholic diocese comprising the whole civil province of Tarlac in the Philippines. The see is the Saint Sebastian Cathedral in Tarlac City.
History
On February 16, 1963, the Diocese of Tarlac was created from territories from both the Diocese of San Fernando and the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of [San Fernando|Ecclesiastical Province of San Fernando, Pampanga].Enrique V. Macaraeg, Tarlac's third bishop was appointed bishop by Pope Francis on March 31, 2016. He was ordained on May 24, 2016, and installed on May 31, 2016. Macaraeg died in office on October 23, 2023 due to cardiac arrest, which left the diocese vacant for more than a year.
On December 29, 2024, Pope Francis appointed Roberto Mallari, then Roman Catholic [Diocese of San Jose (Nueva Ecija)|bishop of San Jose], as the fourth Bishop of Tarlac. He was canonically installed at the Tarlac Cathedral on March 27, 2025.