CLED REPORT

“Archdioceses in Visayas”

Prepared by: Group 4

“Archdioceses

in Visayas”

Archdiocese of PaloThe Roman Catholic

Archdiocese of Palo is a large administrative diocese of the Roman

Catholic Church in the town of Palo in

 Leyte province, Philippines.

It was formed as aDiocese in

November 28, 1937And became an

Archdiocese in 1982.

Suffragan Dioceses

*Calbayog

*Borongan*Catarman

*Naval

The archdiocese encompasses

4,620 km2

Catholic Population:1,165,565.

Two districts:*Eastern*Western

Two Languages:*Waray

*Cebuano

Eastern District

*Has 7 vicariatesWith 34 parishes.

The Vicariates

Vicariate of PaloVicariate of Tacloban City

Vicariate of BurauenVicariate of AbuyogVicariate of Dulag

Vicariate of Carigara

St.Francis of Assisi (Vicariate of Palo)

Sacred Heart Parish(Vicariate of Tacloban)

Saint Anthony of Padua(Vicariate of Burauen)

Saint Francis Xavier(Vicariate of

Abuyog)

Our Lady of Refuge(Vicariate of Dulag)

Holy Cross(Vicariate of Carigara)

Western District

*Has 2 vicarities, 13 parishes

And 1 chaplaincy

The Vicariates

*Vicariate of Ormoc City

*Vicariate of Palompon

Mother of Redeemer(Vicariate of Ormoc)

Saint Francis Xavier(Vicariate of Palompon)

The Archdiocese Also contains

Two seminaries.

The Sacred Heart Seminary*founded in 1944

St. John Evangelist School of Theology 

•Founded in •1988

Ordinaries of Archdiocese of Palo

Most Rev. Manuel M. Mascariñas,D.D.†

(16 December 1937-12 November 1951 Appointed,Bishop of Tagbilaran)

Bishops

Most Rev. Lino R. Gonzaga, D.D.† (12 November 1951-12 August 1966 Appointed, Archbishop of Zamboanga)Most Rev. Teotimo C. Pacis, D.D.† (18 November 1966-23 May 1969 Appointed, Bishop of Legazpi)Most Rev. Manuel S. Salvador, D.D.† (21 October 1969-25 September 1972 Resigned)Most Rev. Cipriano V. Urgel, D.D.† (12 April 1973-15 November 1982 later Archbishop of Palo)

Archbishops*Most Rev. Cipriano V. Urgel, D.D.† (15 November 1982-22 April 1985 died)

*Most Rev. Pedro R. Dean, D.D. (12 October 1985-18 March 2006 Retired) Archbishop-Emeritus of Palo

Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, D.D. (18 March 2006-15 October 2010 Appointed, Archbishop of Cebu)

Archdiocese of CapizThe Diocese of Capiz was

carved out from the  Archdiocese of Jaro 

and erected on 27 January 1951 for the whole

civil province of Capiz and Roxas City.

 On 17 January 1976 Pope Paul VIelevated the

Diocese of Capiz into an Archdiocese.

Suffragan Dioceses

*Kalibo*Romblon

The Vicariates*Vicariate of Our Lady

of the Immaculate Conception*Vicariate of

St. Joseph the Worker*Vicariate of St.

Catherine of Alexandria

*Vicariate of St. Gemma 

Current Archbishop

 Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo.

Archdiocese of CebuCebu originally belonged to the

Diocese of Manila which was established on February 6, 1579

as a suffragan to the See of Mexico. When Manila was elevated

to an archdiocese by Pope Clement VIII, Cebu was created

as a suffragan diocese on August 14, 1595 

On April 28, 1934, it was elevated to a

metropolitan archdiocese with the

Most Rev. Gabriel M. Reyes was its first archbishop.

Our Lady ofGuadalupe

-patroness ofThe

archdiocese.

Suffragan Dioceses

*Dumaguete*Maasin

*Tagbilaran*Talibon

Cebu MetropolitanCathedral

Basilica MinoreDel Santo Nino Cebu

Archdiocesan ShrineOf St.Anne

NationalShrine ofSt.Joseph

Magellan’s Cross(located outside theBasilica Minore del Sto.Nino Cebu)

Current Archbishop

Jose Palma

Archdiocese of Jaroone of the oldest

dioceses in the country. It was created a diocese by virtue of a

papal bull of Pope Pius IX on May 27, 1865, according to a document signed by Archbishop Gregorio Martinez, then

Archbishop of Manila, under whole ecclesiastical province the new diocese belonged as suffragan.

The Archdiocese has ninety-one (91)

parishes, eighty-five of which are under the

direction of the diocesan clergy, and

six (6) under the direction of the

religious priests.

It has a land area of 5,324.0 square

kilometres, representing 1.8

percent of the total land area of the

country.In 2009, the report of the government shows that it has a total population of

2,333,141.

St.ElizabethOf Hungary-patron saint

Of thearchdiocese

erected by virtue of the Apostolic Bull "Qui

Ab Initio" of His Holiness Pope Pius IX, of holy memory. The

said Apostolic Bull was issued in Rome on May

27, 1865.

Suffragan Dioceses

*Bacolod*Kabankalan

*San Carlos*San Jose de Antique

Current Archbishop:Most Rev. Angel Lagdameo