Archdiocese of Cotabato

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Cotabato is the Archdiocese in the Province of cotabato, on the island of Mindanao.

1 History
2 Address
3 Archbishop
4 Reference

[edit] History

Was carved out from the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro - the Diocese of Cotabato was erected on 11 August 1950 for the three provinces of Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. The Diocese of Marbel and the Diocese of Kidapawan are its suffragans. On 5 November 1979 Pope John Paul II elevated the Diocese of cotabato into an Archdiocese.

[edit] Address

The office of the Archdiocese of Cotabato is currently located at Archbishop's Residence, P.O. Box 186, 158 Sinsuat Ave., 9600 Cotobato City, Philippines.

[edit] Archbishop

the Current Archbishop is Most Rev. Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I..

[edit] Reference


	Metropolitan Sees of the Philippines
Archdiocese of Caceres \| Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro \| Archdiocese of Capiz \| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu \| Archdiocese of Cotabato \| Archdiocese of Davao \| Archdiocese of Jaro \| Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan \| Archdiocese of Lipa \| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila \| Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia \| Archdiocese of Ozamis \| Archdiocese of Palo \| Archdiocese of San Fernando \| Archdiocese of Tuguegarao \| Archdiocese of Zamboanga \| Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines \| Military Ordinariate of the Philippines