Roman Catholic Diocese of Gumaca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gumaca (Lat: Dioecesis Gumacana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Philippines centered in the Municipality of Gumaca in Quezon province. The Roman Rite Latin Church diocese covers the communities of Gumaca; Pitogo, due south of Gumaca; and all the parishes of eastern Quezon province situated east of Gumaca and Pitogo. The Gumaca diocese was erected in 1984, carved out from the Diocese of Lucena. Both dioceses are suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lipa.

Diocese of Gumaca Diocesis Gumacana Diyosesis ng Gumaca
Facade of the Gumaca Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Eastern Quezon Province (Alabat, Buenavista, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, Mulanay, Perez, Pitogo, Quezon, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Tagkawayan)
Ecclesiastical province	Lipa
Metropolitan	Lipa
Statistics
Area	3,666 km2 (1,415 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 882,818 751,000 (85.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 9, 1984
Cathedral	Cathedral-Parish of St. Didacus of Alcala
Patron saint	St. Didacus of Alcalá
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Victor C. Ocampo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gilbert Garcera
Vicar General	Ramon D. Uriarte