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The first Catholic church was established on Guam on June 15, 1668 by Spanish-Filipino missionaries Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod. [1]: 64 Catholics in Guam were part of the Diocese of Cebu, the Philippines. The United States acquired Guam from Spain after the Spanish–American War of 1898.
Clergy. Archbishop. Most Rev. Ryan Pagente Jimenez. Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica (Spanish: Catedral Basílica del Dulce Nombre de María) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Guam. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña. It is located on the site where the island's first Catholic church was ...
Catholicism on the island was a product of centuries of Spanish colonial control as the island was part of the Spanish East Indies until 1898, when the United States acquired it after the Spanish–American War. On October 14, 1965, the vicariate apostolic was raised to a diocese. [1] The first supreme pontiff to visit the island was Pope John ...
UTC+10:00 (ChST) Dededo (Chamorro: Dedidu; formerly in Spanish: [deðeðo]) is the most populated village in the United States territory of Guam. [3][4] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dededo's population was just under 45,000 in 2020. [1] The village is located on the coral plateau of Northern Guam. The greater Dededo-Machanao-Apotgan ...
Occupation. Politician, public servant. Jose Andres Ramirez "Ping" Duenas (October 17, 1930 - August 31, 2009) was a Guamanian politician and public servant. [1] Duenas served as a Senator in the Legislature of Guam from 1971 to 1978 and was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in 1990. [2]
Baumgartner was ordained a priest on 30 May 1926, [3] taking the name Apollinaris, the name of many famous Catholic saints and bishops. [1] On 25 August 1945, Pope Pius XII appointed him Vicar Apostolic of Guam and Titular Bishop of Ioppe. He was consecrated on 18 September 1945, with Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Titular Archbishop of ...
Santa Marian Kamalen. Santa Marian Kamalen also known as Our Lady of Camarin and informally known as Dulce Nombre (English: Sweet Name) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a carved molave wood and ivory image venerated by the Roman Catholic faithful in Guam as their Patroness. [1] Santa Marian Kamalen is the patron saint of ...
MCB Camp Blaz is named after Guam local, Brigadier General Vicente T. "Ben" Blaz. Blaz was the first person of an ethnic minority to reach general rank in the USMC and the highest ranking Chamorro ever, as well as Guam's delegate to Congress from 1985 to 1993. [3] The base officially opened on January 25, 2023, with a ceremony on January 26.