Roman Catholism was introduced in the Philippines after the arrival of the Spanish
in 1565 and a regular hierarchy, at first subordinated to Mexico, was established
soon afterwards.
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The Diocese of Cebu, Nome de Gesu was erected as a suffragan of Manila in 1595 (1)
It became an Archdiocese in 1934.
(1) The Diocese of Cebu perhaps was the most important of the Philippine
jurisdictions as :
- it also covered the Mariana Islands (including Guam) until 1902.
- it was in charge of the missions in the southern Islamic Moro Lands
until 1910, when a separate Diocese of Zamboanga was erected for
these regions.
Bishops
1846 - 1872 Romualdo Jiménez 1... - 1872
1872 - 1876 vacant
1876 - 1885 Benedicto Romero 1812 - 1885
1886 - 1903 Martino Garcia y Alcocer 1842 - 1926
1904 - 1909 Thomas Augustine Hendrick 1849 - 1909
1910 - 1934 Juan de Gorordo 1862 - 1934
Archbishop
1934 - 1949 Ganriel M. Reyes 1891 -
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MANILA
The Diocese of Mnila was erected in 1579 as a suffragan of Mexico.
It became a separate Archdiocese - covering all of the Philippines until 1934 - in
1595.
Archbishops
1846 - 1861 José Aranguren 1801 - 1861
1861 - 1875 Gregorio Melito Martinez 1815 -
1876 - 1889 Pedro Payo y Piñeiro 1814 - 1889
1889 - 1902 Bernardo Nozaleda y Villa 1844 - 1927
1903 - 1916 Jeremiah James Harty 1853 - 1927
1916 - 1949 Michael J. O'Doherty 1874 -
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