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The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The Catholic Church in the Philippines comprises: 75 Latin Church dioceses led by bishops; 7 apostolic vicariates led by apostolic vicars; 4 territorial prelatures led by Bishop-Prelate; The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, for military personnel
The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Manila is written "IV Manila". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing ...
Accordingly, "hierarchy of the Catholic Church" is also used to refer to the bishops alone. [6] The term "pope" was still used loosely until the sixth century, being at times assumed by other bishops. [7] The term "hierarchy" became popular only in the sixth century, due to the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius. [8]
The Philippines has produced ten cardinals. The population of Catholics in the Philippines constitutes the country's largest religious denomination, as well as one of the largest Catholic populations among countries of the world. The Catholic faith was introduced to the Philippines by Spanish colonists in the sixteenth century. Some 400 years ...
On July 16, 2019, Pope Francis named Billones auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Cebu and titular bishop of Tagarata. His appointment made him an assistant of Archbishop José S. Palma. [2] [3] He was ordained to the episcopate at Jaro Cathedral on August 27, [5] and was welcomed in a reception Mass at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral on ...
[1] [2] [3] The dioceses' bishops comprise the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), an episcopal conference. Apostolic vicariates and the military ordinariate are not part of any ecclesiastical province, but are included in the table.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines [a] (CBCP) is the permanent organizational assembly of the Catholic bishops of the Philippines exercising together certain pastoral offices for the Christian faithful of their territory through apostolic plans, programs and projects suited to the circumstances of time and place in accordance with law for the promotion of the greater good ...
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