Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta
It was established on April 25, 1950 by the papal bull "Precibus annuentes" taking a portion of the then-Diocese of Lipa.
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.
[5] Upon the erection of the See of Infanta, Bishop Rufino Jiao Santos (later Archbishop of Manila and a cardinal) was appointed Apostolic Administrator.
Patrick Harmon Shanley, OCD, Vicar Provincial of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in the Philippine Islands, was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Prelature of Infanta.
"The daisy is the symbol of the innocence of the Holy Child, the new titular of the principal church of the prelature after it was rebuilt almost entirely.
The seascapewith the coconut tree on a knoll symbolizes the coconut-clad province which is the territory of the prelature.
"On chief, red, a daisy. On a silver fess a blue lozenge with the gold fleur-de-lys of the Bourbon dynasty. At base a seascape with a coconut tree from a green knoll on the dexter side. "The daisy is the symbol of the innocence of the Holy Child, the new titular of the principal church of the prelature after it was rebuilt almost entirely. Its former patron saint was St. Mark the Evangelist, now the secondary patron saint of the prelature. "Infanta" was the official title of the Royal Princess of Spain. The lozenge-form of the Bourbon arms may have been used by the Infanta of Spain in whose honor the town (now the seat of the prelature) was named because the heraldic shield for ladies is lozenge-formed. The seascapewith the coconut tree on a knoll symbolizes the coconut-clad province which is the territory of the prelature." [ 7 ]