Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu
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| Province |  Archdiocese of Cebu(Cebu) |
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| Bishop | Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Guardian Angels, Cebu City |
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| Website | http://www.cbcponline.net/cebu/ |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu is one of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines that is composed of the entire civil province of Cebu (Cebu and the nearby islands of Mactan, Bantayan, and Camotes). The dioceses of Tagbilaran and Talibon in Bohol, the diocese of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental, and the diocese of Maasin in Southern Leyte are its suffragans. The ecclesiastical seat of the archdiocese is the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. The current Archbishop since 1982 is Ricardo Cardinal Vidal[1]. As of 2006, the archdiocese registered a total of 3,415,000 baptized catholics[2].
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[edit] Brief History
Cebu originally belonged to the Diocese of Manila which was established in 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 in August 14, 1595 along with Nueva Caceres and Nueva Segovia. Its first bishop was Pedro Agurto, an Augustinian. In April 28, 1934, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese with the dioceses of Dumaguete, Maasin, Tagbilaran, and Talibon as its suffragans.
[edit] Prelates[3]
- Pedro de Agurto, O.S.A. † (30 Aug 1595 Appointed - 14 Oct 1608 Died)
- Pedro Arce, O.S.A. † (17 Sep 1612 Appointed - 16 Oct 1645 Died)
- Juan Velez † (26 Jan 1660 Appointed - 1662 Died)
- Juan López † (23 Apr 1663 Appointed - 14 Nov 1672 Appointed, Archbishop of Manila)
- Diego de Aguilar, O.P. † (16 Nov 1676 Appointed - 1 Oct 1692 Died)
- Miguel Bayot, O.F.M. † (13 May 1697 Appointed - 28 Aug 1700 Died)
- Pedro Sanz de la Vega y Landaverde, O. de M. † (26 Jan 1705 Appointed - 17 Dec 1717 Died)
- Sebastián Foronda, O.S.A. † (2 Mar 1722 Appointed - 20 May 1728 Died)
- Manuel de Ocio y Campo † (20 Jan 1734 Appointed - 21 Jul 1737 Died)
- Protacio Cabezas † (29 Aug 1740 Appointed - 3 Feb 1753 Died)
- Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta † (18 Jul 1757 Appointed - 1771 Died)
- Mateo Joaquin Rubio de Arevalo † (13 Nov 1775 Appointed - 1788 Died)
- Ignacio de Salamanca † (24 Sep 1792 Appointed - Feb 1802 Died)
- Joaquín Encabo de la Virgen de Sopetrán, O.A.R. † (20 Aug 1804 Appointed - 8 Nov 1818 Died)
- Francisco Genovés, O.P. † (21 Mar 1825 Appointed - 1 Aug 1827 Died)
- Santos Gómez Marañón, O.S.A. † (28 Sep 1829 Appointed - 23 Oct 1840 Died)
- Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P. † (19 Jan 1846 Appointed - 17 Mar 1872 Died)
- Benito Romero, O.F.M. † (28 Jan 1876 Appointed - 4 Nov 1885 Died)
- Martín García y Alcocer, O.F.M. † (7 Jun 1886 Appointed - 30 Jul 1904 Resigned)
- Thomas A. Hendrick † (17 Jul 1903 Appointed - 29 Nov 1909 Died)
- Juan Bautista Gorordo † (2 Apr 1910 Appointed - 19 Jun 1931 Resigned)
- Gabriele Martelino Reyes † (29 Jul 1932 Appointed - 25 Aug 1949 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Manila)
- Julio Rosales y Ras † (17 Dec 1949 Appointed - 24 Aug 1982 Retired)
- Ricardo Jamin Vidal (24 Aug 1982 Succeeded - present)
[edit] Churches and Shrines
- Cathedral
- Minor Basilica
- Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu
- Archdiocesan Shrines
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Church
- Virgen dela Regla Parish Church
- St. Anne Parish Church
- St. Joseph the Worker Parish Church
- Blessed Pedro Calungsod Church
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Cebu
- Clergy of the Archdiocese of Cebu
- Archdiocese of Cebu
- Archdiocese of Cebu www.catholic-hierarchy.org
- Catholic dioceses in the Philippines by Giga-Catholic Information
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu by Giga-Catholic Information
