Archdiocese of Caceres

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The Archdiocese of Nueva Caceres is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a Metropolitan See subject to the Metropolitan See of Manila. Its jurisdiction encompasses the province of Camarines Sur and includes the six Suffragan Sees of Daet, Legazpi, Libmanan, Masbate, Sorsogon and Virac.

[edit] Brief history

The Diocese of Nueva Caceres was established as the suffragan of Manila on August 14, 1595. This was by virtue of the Papal Bull "Super specula militantis ecclesiae" issued by Clement VIII. The diocese extended over the provinces of Camarines and Albay as far as and including the islands of Ticao, Masbate, Burias and Catanduanes; the province of Tayabas as far as and including Lucban; and, in the contracosta of Mauban to Binangonan, Polo, Baler and Casiguran. The official name given to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction is “Ecclesia Cacerensis in Indiis Orientalius.” The name taken from "Ciudad de Caceres" also indicated the seat of the diocese.

Fray Luis de Maldonado, OFM was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Caceres. It was elevated to archdiocese status in June 29, 1951 through the virtue of the Papal Bull "Quo in Philippine Republica" by Pope Pius XII. The Papal Bull also created its two Suffragan Sees: The Diocese of Legazpi and Sorsogon. Currently its appointed Archbishop is Leonard Legaspi O.P. He was also the first Filipino rector of the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary, the first Vicar of the Dominican Province of the Philippines and the first Filipino rector of The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas.

[edit] Ordinaries

• Luis Maldonado, O.F.M. † ( 1595 Appointed - )
• Francisco Ortega, O.S.A. † (13 Sep 1599 Appointed - 1602 Died)
• Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. † ( 1603 Appointed - 6 Jun 1605 Appointed, Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca)
• Miguel García Serrano, O.S.A. † (3 Aug 1616 Appointed - 12 Feb 1618 Appointed, Archbishop of Manila)
• Diego Guevara, O.S.A. † (3 Aug 1616 Appointed - 1623 Died)
• Miguel García Serrano, O.S.A. † ( 1617 Ordained Bishop - 12 Feb 1618 Appointed, Archbishop of Manila)
• Luis de Cañizares, O.F.M. † (1 Jul 1624 Appointed - 1628 Succeeded, Bishop of Comayagua)
• Felipe Molina Figueroa † (20 Nov 1724 Appointed - 1 May 1738 Died)
• Manuel Matos, O.F.M. † ( 1754 Ordained Bishop - 24 Feb 1767 Died)
• Antonio Luna, O.F.M. † (19 Dec 1768 Appointed - 16 Apr 1773 Died)
• Juan Antonio Gallego Orbigo, O.F.M. † (14 Dec 1778 Appointed - 15 Dec 1788 Appointed, Archbishop of Manila)
• Juan García Ruiz, O.S.A. † (26 Jun 1784 Appointed - 2 May 1796 Died)
• Domingo Collantes, O.P. † (15 Dec 1788 Appointed - 23 Jul 1808 Died)
• Bernardo de la Inmaculada Concepción García Hernández (Fernandez Perdigon), O.F.M. † (23 Sep 1816 Appointed - 9 Oct 1829 Died)
• Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. † (28 Feb 1831 Appointed - 3 Dec 1840 Died)
• Manuel Grijalvo Mínguez † (14 Apr 1848 Appointed - 13 Nov 1861 Died)
• Francisco Gainza Escobás, O.P. † (25 Sep 1862 Appointed - 31 Jul 1879 Died)
• Casimiro Herrero Pérez, O.S.A. † (1 Oct 1880 Appointed - 12 Nov 1886 Died)
• Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.S.A. † (25 Nov 1887 Appointed - 20 Jul 1903 Resigned)
• Jorge Barlin † (14 Dec 1905 Appointed - 4 Sep 1909 Died)
• John Bernard MacGinley † (2 Apr 1910 Appointed - 24 Mar 1924 Appointed, Bishop of Monterey-Fresno)
• Francesco S. Reyes † (20 Jun 1925 Appointed - 1938 Died)
• Pedro Paulo Santos Songco † (21 May 1938 Appointed - 6 Apr 1965 Died)
• Teopisto Valderrama Alberto † (6 Apr 1965 Succeeded - 20 Oct 1983 Resigned)
• Leonard Zamora Legaspi, O.P. (20 Oct 1983 Appointed - )