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The Catholic dioceses in the Philippines are grouped into 16 ecclesiastical provinces, each of which comprises a metropolitan archdiocese and several suffragan dioceses and is headed by the archbishop, as the metropolitan bishop of the province.
Catholic ceremony in the Philippines, circa pre-1930. When the Spanish clergy were driven out in 1898, there were so few indigenous clergy that the Catholic Church in the Philippines was in imminent danger of complete ruin. Under American administration, the situation was saved and the proper training of Filipino clergy was undertaken. [9]
National Shrine of Saint Anne (Philippines) National Shrine of the Divine Mercy (Philippines) Obando Church; Our Lady of Most Holy Rosary Parish Church (Makinabang) Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Church (Pulong Buhangin) Saint Martin of Tours Parish Church (Bocaue) Saint Paul the First Hermit Cathedral; San Isidro Labrador Church (Pulilan)
The Philippines is ranked as the 5th largest Christian-majority country on Earth in 2010, [note 1] with about 93% of the population being adherents. [1] As of 2019, it was the third largest Catholic country in the world and was one of two predominantly Catholic nations in Asia. [2]
The Catholic Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, built on the site of the Church of St. Vitales, the first church built in the Philippines Catholicism (Filipino: Katolisismo ; Spanish : Catolicismo ) is the predominant religion and the largest Christian denomination in the Philippines comprising 78.8% of the population (or 85,645,362 million adherents ...
Note: The Philippine Independent Catholic Church, also known as Iglesia Catolica Filipina Independiente, is not in communion with the mainstream Philippine Independent Church or Iglesia Filipina Independiente. Below is a list of their cathedrals: National Cathedral of the Holy Child Jesus, 594 4th Street, Paliparan, Marikina
The Catholic Church in the Philippines is organized into 72 dioceses in 16 ecclesiastical provinces, as well as 7 apostolic vicariates and a military ordinariate.Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop, and at least one suffragan diocese.
The following is a partial list of Christian denominations in the Philippines. Christianity is the country's dominant religion, [1] [2] followed by about 89 percent of the population. [3]