Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu

Archdiocese of Cebu
Archidiocesis Nominis Iesu seu Cæbuanus
Arkidiyosesis sa Sugbo
Location
Country  Philippines
Territory Cebu
Ecclesiastical province Cebu
Statistics
Area 5,088 km2 (1,964 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2014)
4,609,590
4,079,738 (88.5%)
Parishes 163 parishes (including quasi-parishes), 3 mission stations, 5 non-parochial shrines, 1 minor basilica, 2 national shrines
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established
  • April 14, 1521
  • April 28, 1565 (Abbey nullius)
  • August 14, 1595 (Diocese)
  • April 28, 1934 (Archdiocese)
Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Vitales, Cebu City
Patron saint
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Jose Serofia Palma
Auxiliary Bishops Dennis C. Villarojo
Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio
Vicar General Msgr. Vicente Rey Penagunda
Msgr. Daniel Sanico
Emeritus Bishops Ricardo Vidal Cardinal Archbishop-Emeritus
Antonio Rañola Auxiliary Bishop-Emeritus
Emilio Bataclan Auxiliary Bishop-Emeritus[1][2]
Map

Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see
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Website
http://cebuarchdiocese.ph/ Website of the Archdiocese]

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu (or of the Most Holy Name of Jesus) is one of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is composed of the entire civil province of Cebu (Cebu and the nearby islands of Mactan, Bantayan, and Camotes). It is the Mother Church of the Philippines.[3][4][5][6] It's jurisdiction, Cebu, is considered as the fount of Christianity in the Far East.[3][7][8][9][10][11][12]

The seat of the archdiocese is the Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of Saint Vitales and of the Guardian Angels. The current archbishop is the Most Reverend José Serofia Palma, DD, STh.D, who was installed on January 13, 2011.

The archdiocese honors Our Lady of Guadalupe de Cebú as its patroness while the second Filipino saint Saint Pedro Calungsod as its secondary patron saint.

Most prelates of the archdiocese since after raising into archiepiscopal rank were Presidents of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines: Cardinal Julio Rosales in 1961–1966 and re-elected 1974–1976, Cardinal Ricardo Vidal in 1985–1987, and Archbishop Jose Palma in 2011-2013), also Archbishop Gabriel Reyes served as the first chairman of its predecessor the Catholic Welfare Organization (1945-1949 and 1950-1952).

As of 2013, the archdiocese registered a total of 4,609,590 baptized Catholics.[13] It is currently the largest archdiocese in the Philippines and in Asia having the most number of Catholics, seminarians and priests.[14]

Ecclesiastical province

Its Ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following Suffragan sees :

History

Antecedents

The history of the future Archdiocese of Cebu began with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Cebu in 1521.[15] The Church anchored in that year[16] by the native Cebuanos' profession of faith in Christ,[17] baptism,[18] the daily celebration of the Mass,[19] and the chaplain of the expedition, Fr. Pedro Valderrama being the legitimate pastor for their spiritual needs.

However, immediately after its inception during the aftermath of Battle of Mactan, the Church of Cebu experienced decadence due to lack of shepherds to enforce and edify the natives on the faith. Most of the natives materially apostatized, while others clung unto the image of the Santo Niño (the first Christian icon in the Philippines given as a baptismal gift by Magellan). The unintended negligence lasted for 44 years until it was re-established in 1565 by the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi and Fray Andrés de Urdaneta. The remnant of the Cebuano Church in 1521, as evident in the person of Rajah Tupas, was resuscitated by the Augustinians as an Abbey nullius (an equivalent of a diocese)[20] when the formal evangelization of the Philippines commenced with Fr. Urdaneta as the first prelate.[21][22][23] The oversight of the natives was then succeeded to Fray Diego de Herrera who would later re-baptized Tupas and his servants in 1568. Adelantado Miguel Lopez de Legazpi established his government in Cebu, thus the first capital of the Philippines.

The Church expanded from Cebu when the remaining missionaries led by Fr. Diego de Herrera when they were forced northwest temporarily due to conflict with the Portuguese and laid the foundations of the Christian community in the Panay in around 1569.[3][24]

In 1570 the second batch of missionaries reached Cebu. The island became the ecclesiastical "seat" as it was the center for evangelization. A notable missionary was Fr. Alfonso Jimenez, O.S.A., who travelled and penetrated the Camarines region through the islands of Masbate, Leyte, Samar, and Burias and founded the Church there. He was called the first apostle of the region.[3][25]

By 1571, Fr. Herrera who was assigned as chaplain of Legazpi, from Panay advanced further north and founded the local Church community in Manila. There Legazpi transferred the seat of government to the territory. Though, Cebu remained the spiritual capital of the country.[3][26]

On 1572 the Spaniards led by Juan de Salcedo marched from Manila further north with the second batch of Augustinian missionaries and pioneered the evangelization to the communities in the Ilocos (starting with Vigan) and the Cagayan regions.[3][27]

Diocese of Cebu

On February 6, 1579, the Philippines' first diocese, the Diocese of Manila, had been established as a suffragan of the See of Mexico. On August 14, 1595, Pope Clement VIII issued four bulls to Spain: one with the incipit Super universas orbis ecclesias[28] elevating the See of Manila to metropolitan status; and three with the incipit Super specula militantis Ecclesiae[29] erecting the three suffragan dioceses of Manila, which were the Diocese of Cebu, the Diocese of Nueva Caceres, and the Diocese of Nueva Segovia.[30] The Diocese of Cebu's first bishop was Pedro de Agurto, an Augustinian.[3][30]

As a diocese, Cebú had a very extensive territory which then included the whole of the Visayas, Mindanao[15] and "more southern islands";[31] also it extended farther to the Pacific such as the Marianas,[32] Carolines, and Palau.[33]

However it lost territory repeatedly:

On April 28, 1934, it was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese with the last suffragan bishop Gabriel M. Reyes promoted as its first Archbishop. On November 8, 1941, it lost territory to establish Diocese of Tagbilaran as its suffragan.

Cebu was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1981. Between November 10, 1985 to March 1, 1986, the archdiocese held its Fourth Diocesan Synod of Cebu at the Seminaryo Mayor de San Carlos. Recently, It hosted the 51st International Eucharistic Congress from January 24 to 31, 2016.

Titular Honors

Cebu's Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño: Mother and Head of All Churches

In the Apostolic Letter Ut Clarificetur, on the conferring the titles and privileges of the basilica, Pope Blessed Paul VI in 1965 described the Cebu's now Basilica del Santo Niño as the "Mother and Head of all Churches in the Philippines" (mater et caput... omnium ecclesiarum Insularum Philippinarum).[34] The same Blessed Paul VI also named the basilica the "symbol of the birth and growth of Christianity in the Philippines."[35]

Seat of Philippine Christianity

Pope St. John Paul II, in his Homily for Families in Cebu (February 19, 1981), called the island as the birthplace of the faith:

Finding myself in this important city known as the cradle of Christianity in the Philippines, I want to express my deep joy and profound thanksgiving to the Lord of history. The thought that for 450 years the light of the Gospel has shone with undimmed brightness in this land and on its people is cause for great rejoicing.[36]

Herald of Philippine Christian Tradition

In Cebu the first baptism was made (April 14, 1521), hence, Rajah Humabon and the rest of the natives became the very first Filipino Christians. In the island also was the first Mass was participated by Filipino converts. Also in the territory the first resistance against the Mohammedan advance from the south.[37] The first Philippine Christian feast dedicated to the Sto. Niño was instituted and celebrated there. The first recorded confession and the last rites of an accused inhabitant transpired.[38] The very first temples were erected (the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica del Santo Niño) in the Philippines.[39] The first Christian Marriage transpired with Isabel, the niece of Rajah Tupas and Andres, the Greek caulker of Legazpi, and their children baptized representing the first infant baptisms.[40]

Ordinaries

The Cebu Cathedral

(all Roman Rite)

Prelates of Cebu
Suffragan Bishops of Cebu
Metropolitan Archbishops of Cebu

Auxiliary bishops

Special Churches

Basilica Minore Sto. Niño, Cebu City. The Mother of All Churches in the Philippines.
Magellan's Cross outside of the Basilica del Santo Niño, Cebu City

Cathedral

Minor Basilica

National Shrines

Diocesan Seminaries

Parishes

District I – METRO CEBU NORTH

(Cebu City-East, Camotes Islands, Lapu-Lapu City, Cordova)

VICARIATE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (4)

VICARIATE OF OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART (10)

Other Chapels

** Chapel of the Holy Relics, OAD, Tabor Hill, San Jose, Cebu City

** Mary Coredemptrix Chapel, Purok 4, San Jose, Cebu City

VICARIATE OF NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA REGLA (7)

VICARIATE OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY (7)

** Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, Osmena Blvd., Cebu City 6000 ++

** Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Pedro Calungsod, Archbishop’s Residence Compound, D. Jakosalem St., Cebu City 6000 ++

DISTRICT II – METRO CEBU SOUTH

(Cebu City-West, Talisay City, Minglanilla, Naga City)

VICARIATE OF SANTO NIÑO (13)

** Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod (Chaplaincy), SM City Seaside, Cebu South Road Properties, Cebu City ++

VICARIATE OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (12)

** Archdiocesan Shrine of Mother Thrice Admirable Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt, Lawaan III, Talisay City, 6045

** Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene – Angel of Peace Church, Cansujong, Talisay City 6045 ++

** Mother of Perpetual Help Chaplaincy, Jaclupan, Talisay City 6045 ++

DISTRICT III – SOUTHEAST CEBU

(San Fernando, Carcar City, Sibonga, Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Santander)

VICARIATE OF SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA (6)

** Sacred Heart Chaplaincy, Sangat, San Fernando, Cebu ++

** Archdiocesan Shrine of the Theotokos, Perrelos, Carcar City, Cebu ++

VICARIATE OF SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA (5)

* Monastery of the Holy Eucharist - Church of the Marian Monks of the Eucharistic Adoration, Upper Lindogon, Simala, Sibonga, Cebu

VICARIATE OF SAN GUILLERMO DE AQUITANIA (5)

* San Isidro Labrador Mission Station, Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu 6023

VICARIATE OF SAINT JOHN MARY VIANNEY (4)

DISTRICT IV – SOUTHWEST CEBU

(Barili, Dumanjug, Ronda, Alcantara, Moalboal, Badian, Alegria, Malabuyoc, Ginatilan, Samboan)

VICARIATE OF SAINT ANNE (6)

VICARIATE OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS (5)

VICARIATE OF SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT (6)

DISTRICT V – NORTHWEST CEBU

(Tabuelan, Tuburan, Asturias, Balamban, Toledo City, Pinamungahan, Aloguinsan)

VICARIATE OF SAINT ANTHONY DE PADUA (4)

VICARIATE OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI (4)

* Holy Family Mission Station, Luca, Balamban, Cebu

VICARIATE OF SAN PEDRO CALUNGSOD (7)

VICARIATE OF SAINT JOHN OF SAHAGUN (5)

DISTRICT VI – FAR NORTH CEBU

(Bantayan Islands, Daanbantayan, Medellin, San Remigio, Bogo City, Tabogon)

VICARIATE OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL (7)

VICARIATE OF SAINT ROSE OF LIMA (8)

VICARIATE OF SAN VICENTE FERRER (7)

* Santo Niño Mission Station, Nailon, Bogo City, 6010

DISTRICT VII – NEAR NORTH CEBU

(Borbon, Sogod, Catmon, Carmen, Danao City, Compostela, Liloan, Consolacion, Mandaue City)

VICARIATE OF SAN GUILLERMO DE AQUITANIA (8)

VICARIATE OF SANTO TOMAS DE VILLANUEVA (8)

VICARIATE OF SAN FERNANDO EL REY (7)

** Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Garing, Consolacion 6001

VICARIATE OF SAINT JOSEPH (8)

Legend

 ++ - reachable by public transport or by few-minutes walk from highway or main road

See also

References

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