Greek settlement in the Philippines

Greek settlement in the Philippines is a small community of descendants of ethnic Greeks who settled the country since the Spanish colonization of the country. The Greek community in the Philippines also includes Filipino citizens of Greek ancestry along with Greek expatriates and immigrants and their descendants of full or partial Greek ancestry. This also includes a small number of Greek Americans, Greek Australians and Greek Cypriots

Greeks in the Philippines
Total population
575 (2000 Philippines census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Manila
Languages
Religion
Greek Orthodox Church Catholic Church
Related ethnic groups
Greek people, Spanish Filipino

Overview

According to some historical accounts, there were already Greek settlers in the country as early as the 18th century. Most were sailors, traders, and fishermen.[2]

During the early 20th century, a number of Greek sailors and immigrants came to the country and settled. One group came to the city of Legazpi.[3] Their descendants on the island of Luzon make up no more than 10 families, who retain their Greek identities and have become distinguished public figures and intellectuals in the community.

Adamson University in Manila was founded by a Greek immigrant, George Lucas Adamson. He also founded the first Greek Orthodox church in the Philippines, two paper mills, and a shipping company.[4] Currently Greek immigrants and expatriates come into the country to work in businesses or enter as diplomats, tourists, or as friends or family of Filipinos. The Greek community in the Philippines also helps with the Philippine Orthodox Church (with the help of the Hellenic Orthodox Community-Foundation Inc Of Philippines). However, currently the Greek population in the Philippines is officially unknown but it is estimated that there are about a few hundred Greeks currently residing in the capital and Legaspi City, the location of the Exarchate of the Philippines. But during 2013 the Greek embassy estimated about 120 Greeks permanently residing in Philippines as immigrants, migrants and expats https://world.greekreporter.com/2013/11/12/no-greeks-found-dead-in-philippines/no-greeks-dead-at-philippines/&ved=2ahUKEwi3mNb7353sAhWjxIUKHd4PBiIQFjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3diIA6W5gIiHqf_jP2cOd9. Most of them work in shipping and trade https://m.naftemporiki.gr/story/728232, most of them are married to Filipinos and have a permanent residency in the Philippines. However the current community is small and very few know about it. As of 2018 the Greek Community in the Philippines has created a Facebook group. Called Greeks in the Philippines, Έλληνες στις Φιλιππίνες

Notable Filipinos of Greek descent

See also

References
  1. |population = N/A (2010) Population by country of citizenship, sex, and urban/rural residence; each census, 1985–2004, United Nations Statistics Division, 2005, retrieved 2011-06-15; figure for Greece is at line 2306
  2. Blair, Emma Helen; Robertson, James Alexander; Bourne, Edward Gaylord; Alvarez de Abreu, Antonio (1903-01-01). The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century;. Cleveland, O., The A.H. Clark Company.
  3. "Greeks in the Philippines". www.hri.org. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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