Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cáceres

The Archdiocese of Cáceres is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.[1][2] It is a Metropolitan See that comprises the Bicol Region, while directly overseeing the third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts of Camarines Sur, Naga City and the Municipality of Gainza. The archdiocese, having been founded in 1595 in Nueva Cáceres (now Naga City), is also considered as one of the oldest dioceses in the Philippines with Cebu, Segovia and Manila, and once had jurisdiction that stretched from Samar in the south and Isabela Province in the north. The seat of the archdiocese is currently located in Naga City, also known as the Queen City of Bicol.

Archdiocese of Cáceres

Archidioecesis Cacerensis

Archidiocesis nin Cáceres
Arquidiócesis de Cáceres
Location
Country Philippines
Territory3rd, 4th and 5th Congressional Districts of Camarines Sur, Naga City and the Municipality of Gainza
Ecclesiastical provinceCáceres
HeadquartersArchbishop's Residence, Elias Angeles St., Pilgrim City of Naga
Statistics
Area3,207 km2 (1,238 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2012)
1,339,000
1,096,000 (79.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedAugust 14, 1595 (diocese), June 29, 1951 (archdiocese)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral and Parish of Saint John the Evangelist
Patron saintSt. Peter Baptist
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMost Rev. Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D., D.D.
Vicar GeneralRev. Msgr. Rodel M. Cajot, P.C., S.T.D
Map

Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
archdioceseofcaceres.org
The Porta Mariae stands in front of the Naga Cathedral. It was built in 2010 in commemoration of the Tercentenary of the Devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia in the Bicol Region (1710-2010)

The archdiocese is also home to Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the Patroness of Bicol, and is considered to be one of the largest Marian Pilgrimages in Asia.

History

The Diocese of Cáceres was established as the suffragan of Manila on August 14, 1595.[3] 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 was taken from Nueva Cáceres (now Naga City), also indicated as the seat of the diocese. Friar Luís de Maldonado, OFM was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Cáceres. It was elevated to the status of archdiocese on 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.

Leonardo Legaspi O.P., who was also the first Filipino Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, and the first Vicar of the Dominican Province of the Philippines once served as archbishop of the archdiocese.

According to a Holy See Press Office Vatican Information Service (VIS) online news release on Saturday, September 8, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Bishop Prelate of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta Rolando J. Tria Tirona, O.C.D., as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cáceres to succeed the retiring Archbishop Legaspi.[4]

Ordinaries
Name From Until
BISHOPS OF CACERES
Luis Maldonado (bishop), O.F.M. 1595 1596
Francisco Ortega (bishop), O.S.A. 13 Sep 1599 1602 — died
Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. 1603 6 June 1605 — appointed, Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
Pedro de Godinez, O.F.M. 12 Dec 1605 1611 — died
Pedro Matías (bishop) 17 Sep 1612 1615 — died
Diego Guevara, O.S.A. 3 Aug 1616 1623 — died
Luis de Cañizares, O.M. 1 Jul 1624 19 Jun 1628 — appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
Francisco de Zamudio y Avendaño, O.S.A. 10 Jul 1628 1639 — died
Nicolás de Zaldívar y Zapata 2 May 1644 1646 — died
Antonio de San Gregorio, O.F.M. 17 Nov 1659 1661 — died
Andrés González, O.P. 10 Sep 1685 14 Feb 1709 — died
Domingo de Valencia 10 Jan 1718 21 Jun 1719 — died
Felipe Molina y Figueroa 20 Nov 1724 1 May 1738
Isidro de Arevalo 29 Aug 1740 1751 — died
Manuel de Matos, O.F.M. 11 Feb 1754 24 Feb 1767 — died
Antonio de Luna, O.F.M. 19 Dec 1768 16 Apr 1773 — died
Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. 14 Dec 1778 15 Dec 1788 — appointed, Archbishop of Manila
Juan García Ruiz, O.S.A. 26 Jun 1784 2 May 1796 — died
Domingo Collantes, O.P. 15 Dec 1788 23 Jul 1808 — died
Bernardo de la Inmaculada Concepción García Hernández (Fernandez Perdigon), O.F.M. 23 Sep 1816 9 Oct 1829 — died
Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. 28 Feb 1831 3 Dec 1840 — died
Vicente Barreiro y Pérez, O.S.A. 19 Jan 1846 — appointed 14 Apr 1848 — appointed, Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Manuel Grijalvo y Mínguez 14 Apr 1848 13 Nov 1861 — died
Francisco Gaínza y Escobás, O.P. 5 Mar 1862[5][6] 31 Jul 1879[5] — died
Casimiro Herrero y Pérez, O.S.A. 1 Oct 1880 12 Nov 1886 — died
Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio, O.S.A. 25 Nov 1887 20 Jul 1903 — resigned
Jorge Barlin y Imperial 14 Dec 1905 4 Sep 1909 — died
John Bernard MacGinley 2 Apr 1910 24 Mar 1924 — appointed, Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California, U.S.
Francisco Sales Reyes y Alicante 20 Jun 1925 15 Dec 1937 — died
Pedro Paulo Songco Santos 21 May 1938 29 Jun 1951 — elevated Archbishop of Caceres
ARCHBISHOPS OF CACERES
Pedro Paulo Songco Santos 29 Jun 1951 6 Apr 1965 — died
Teopisto Valderrama Alberto 6 Apr 1965 20 Oct 1983 — resigned
Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, O.P. 20 Oct 1983 8 September 2012 — retired
Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D. 8 Sep 2012 Present

Coadjutor Archbishop
  • Teopisto V. Alberto (1959-1965)

Auxiliary Bishops
  • Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. (1828-1831), appointed Bishop here
  • Jose Tomas Sanchez (1968-1971), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena
  • Concordio M. Sarte (1973-1977), appointed Bishop of Legazpi
  • Sofio G. Balce, Jr. (1980-1988), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cabanatuan
  • Jose R. Rojas, Jr. (2005-2008), appointed Prelate of Libmanan

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Curia
  • Vicar-General – Rev. Msgr. Rodel M. Cajot, P.C.
  • Chancellor – Rev. Fr. Darius S. Romualdo, J.C.D.
  • Private Secretary to the Archbishop – Rev. Fr. Gerome N. Pelagio
  • Oeconomus – Rev. Fr. Eugene A. Lubigan
  • Judicial Vicar – Rev. Fr. Albert S. Orillo, J.C.L.

Suffragan dioceses
  • Daet (comprises the entire province of Camarines Norte)
  • Legazpi (comprises the entire province of Albay)
  • Libmanan (comprises the 1st and 2nd Districts of Camarines Sur)
  • Masbate (comprises the entire province of Masbate)
  • Sorsogon (comprises the entire province of Sorsogon)
  • Virac (comprises the entire province of Catanduanes)

Seminaries
  • Holy Rosary Major Seminary
    • Concepcion Pequeña, Naga City 4400
  • Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
    • Metropolitan Cathedral Complex
    • Elias Angeles St., Naga City 4400
  • Holy Rosary Preparatory Seminary
    • San Jose, Camarines Sur, 4423

See also

References
  1. "Archdiocese of Cáceres (Nueva Cáceres)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cáceres" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nueva Cáceres" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  5. Abella, Domingo (1954). Bikol Annals: A Collection of Vignettes of Philippine History, Volume I - The See of Nueva Cáceres (First ed.). pp. 164, 181. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  6. Romanillos, Emmanuel Luis (December 2016). Barrot, Leander (ed.). "Fr. Pedro Pelaez's Unpublished Letters" (PDF). Quærens. Quezon City, Philippines: Recoletos School of Theology, Inc. 11 (2): 68. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

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