Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro

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Archdiocese of Jaro
Archdiocesis Jarensis
Location
Country  Philippines
Territory San Carlos, Kabankalan, San Jose de Buenavista
Ecclesiastical province Iloilo
Metropolitan Jaro, Iloilo City, Iloilo
Statistics
Population
- Total
1,761,419
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite or Latin Rite
Established May 27, 1865 (Diocese), June 29, 1951 (Archdiocese)
Cathedral Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, Jaro, Iloilo City
Patron saint St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Archbishop

Most Rev. Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D.

Archbishop of Jaro
Website
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. The cathedral for the archdiocese, the Parish of Our Lady of Candles, also known as the Jaro Cathedral is in Jaro a district of Iloilo City, Iloilo on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas.

The Archdiocese of Jaro is one of the oldest dioceses in the country. It was created a diocese by virtue of a papal bull of Pope Pius IX on May 27, 1865, according to a document signed by Archbishop Gregorio Martinez, then Archbishop of Manila, under whole ecclesiastical province the new diocese belonged as suffragan.

The Archdiocese of Jaro covers the provinces of Iloilo and Guimaras, an island off Iloilo. San Jose de Antique on Panay, San Carlos in Negros Occidental and Kabankalan in Negros Occidental, are suffragans. Out of a population of 1,761,419, 89% are Catholic. Its titutar patron saint is St. Elizabeth of Hungary, whose feast is celebrated on November 17.

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[edit] History

The Archdiocese of Jaro

The Archdiocese of Jaro is composed of Province of Iloilo in the Islands of Panay and the Province of Guimaras, a small island lying opposite the southeastern portion of the mainland. The mainland portion itself occupies the southern and northeastern areas of Panay Island. Its borders are defined by the Diocese of San Jose de Antique in the west and the Archdiocese of Capiz in the north, with the Visayan Sea and Guimaras Strait in the east and the Panay Gulf and Iloilo Strait in the south and southeast.

The Archdiocese has ninety-one (91) parishes, eighty-five of which are under the direction of the diocesan clergy, and six (6) under the direction of the religious priests. The Metropolitan Cathedral is located in Jaro, a district of the City of Iloilo.

It has a land area of 5,324.0 square kilometres, representing 1.8 percent of the total land area of the country. In 2009, the report of the government shows that it has a total population of 2,333,141.

The province is predominantly rural with 72.7 percent of the total population residing in rural areas and only 27.3 percent in urban area. Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the leading major industries.

The diocese of Jaro whose Patron Saint is St. Elizabeth of Hungary was officially erected by virtue of the Apostolic Bull "Qui Ab Initio" of His Holiness Pope Pius IX, of holy memory. The said Apostolic Bull was issued in Rome on May 27, 1865.

Yet it was only on October 10, 1867 when the decree took effect and Jaro was made an Episcopal See, according to the document signed by His Excellency Dr. D. Gregorio Meliton Martinez, then Archbishop of Manila and executor-delegate of the decree. It is worth noting that this "decretum executorium" was also signed by the Rev. Jose Burgos, Pro-Secretary, a secular priest who became one of the outstanding martyr-heroes of the country.

Jaro was made separate from and independent of its mother Diocese of Cebu and became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila. Its territories comprised the Islands of Panay, (now composed of the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, and Antique), Negros Island (now provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental), Romblon, Palawan and Jolo Groups, and the provinces of Cotabato, Zamboanga and Davao in Mindanao. Sr. Dr. Fr. Mariano Cuartero, OP, became its first bishop on April 25, 1868.

The 20th century saw the Diocese reach full maturity and attain self-sufficiency. Because of this, its territories were further divided to form new ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Zamboanga was made a Diocese in 1910 while Palawan was made an Apostolic Prelature in the same year; then Bacolod in 1933, Capiz in 1951 and finally the Prelature of San Jose, Antique in 1962 as suffragans.

Concurrently,with the elevation of Jaro to an Archdiocese, the first Filipino Bishop, the Most Rev. Jose Ma. Cuenco, DD, PhD, LIB, was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archbishop, thereby making him the first Archbishop of Jaro.

On January 17, 1976, Pope Paul VI elevated Capiz to the rank of Archdiocese, with the dioceses of Romblon and Kalibo as its suffragans. The Archdiocese of Jaro was left with the dioceses of Bacolod (which eventually was divided into three (3) dioceses, to wit, Bacolod, San Carlos, and Kabankalan) and San Jose de Antique as its suffragans.

[edit] Parish Churches and Shrines

[edit] Cathedral

[edit] Suffragan dioceses

[edit] Congregations of Men and Women in the Archdiocese of Jaro

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Prelates of Jaro Archdiocese

Most Reverend Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D.

The Most Reverend Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D. (Born August 2, 1940) is the current archbishop and also president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.

He was born in Lucban in the Province of Quezon in 1940. He attended the San Jose Seminary, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a degree in Philosophy in 1954, and a degree in theology in 1965. On December 19, 1964, Lagdameo was ordained a priest in Lucena City.

On August 12, 1980, Father Lagdameo was ordained in Lucena Cathedral as the titular bishop of Oreto. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Cebu from 1980 to 1986. In 1986, he was appointed the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Dumaguete, and succeeded to that see in 1989. He became the Archbishop of Jaro in 2000 and was elected the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines in 2005.

Most Rev. Gerardo Alimane Alminaza, D.D.

Msgr. Gerardo Alimane Alminaza of the Diocese of Bacolod. Fr. Alminaza is presently assigned as Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary of the Diocese of Bacolod. He is nominated by Pope Benedict XVI on May 29, 2008 as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Jaro.

Bishop-elect Gerardo Alminaza was born in San Jose, Sipalay, Negros Occidental on 14 August 1959. He studied Philosophy at Sacred Heart Seminary in Bacolod and completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He also had his post graduate studies at Fordham University in New York and obtained his Doctorate in Educational Management at the University of Negros Occidental in Bacolod City.

He was ordained to the Sacred Order of Presbyters on April 29, 1996 for the Diocese of Bacolod.

He was assigned as Parochial Vicar of the Parish of St. Francis Xavier in Kabankalan. He also served as Dean of Studies, then Spiritual Director, and then before the nomination as Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary in Bacolod City. He is also the Chairman of the Commission on Clergy of the Diocese of Bacolod.

Bishop Alminaza holds the title as Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacenea

[edit] Archbishops of Jaro

The following is the list of bishops and archbishops of Jaro:

  • Mariano Cuartero y Medina, O.P. † (20 Sep 1867 Appointed - 16 Jul 1884 Died)
  • Leandro Arrúe Agudo, O.A.R. † (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - 24 Oct 1897 Died)
  • Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R. † (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 27 Oct 1903 Resigned)
  • Frederick Zadok Rooker † (12 Jun 1903 Appointed - 20 Sep 1907 Died)
  • Dennis Joseph Dougherty † (19 Apr 1908 Appointed - 6 Dec 1915 Appointed, Bishop of Buffalo, and later, Cardinal Archbishop of Philadephia)
  • Maurice Patrick Foley † (6 Sep 1916 Appointed - 7 Aug 1919 Died)
  • James Paul McCloskey † (8 Mar 1920 Appointed - 10 Apr 1945 Died)
  • José Maria Cuenco † (24 Nov 1945 Appointed - 8 Oct 1972 Died)
  • Jaime Lachica Sin † (8 Oct 1972 Succeeded - 21 Jan 197; later appointed Cardinal Archbishop of Manila)
  • Artemio G. Casas † (11 May 1974 Appointed - 25 Oct 1985 Resigned)
  • Alberto Jover Piamonte † (2 Apr 1986 Appointed - 17 Dec 1998 Died)
  • Angel Lagdameo (11 Mar 2000 Appointed - )

[edit] Affiliated Bishops

Living

  • Fernando R. Capalla (Priest: 18 March 1961 to 2 April 1975)
  • Angel N. Lagdameo (Archbishop: 11 March 2000)
  • Jose Serofia Palma (Priest: 21 Aug 1976 to 28 Nov 1997)
  • Emmanuel Celeste Trance (Priest: 17 May 1978 to 14 May 2004)
  • Most Rev. Gerardo Alimane Alminaza, D.D.

Deceased

  • Leandro Arrúe Agudo, O.A.R. † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1885 to 24 Oct 1897)
  • Teofilo Bastida Camomot † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Mar 1955 to 10 Jun 1958)
  • Artemio G. Casas † (Archbishop: 11 May 1974 to 25 Oct 1985)
  • Mariano Cuartero y Medina, O.P. † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1867 to 16 Jul 1884)
  • José Maria Cuenco † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Nov 1941; Bishop: 24 Nov 1945; Archbishop: 29 Jun 1951 to 8 Oct 1972)
  • Dennis Joseph Dougherty † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1908 to 6 Dec 1915)
  • Andrés Ferrero Malo, O.A.R. † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1898 to 27 Oct 1903)
  • Maurice Patrick Foley † (Bishop: 6 Sep 1916 to 7 Aug 1919)
  • James Paul McCloskey † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1920 to 10 Apr 1945)
  • Juan Nicolasora Nilmar † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Feb 1959 to 3 Jan 1967)
  • Alberto Jover Piamonte † (Priest: 22 Mar 1958; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Dec 1974; Archbishop: 2 Apr 1986 to 17 Dec 1998)
  • Frederick Zadok Rooker † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1903 to 20 Sep 1907)
  • Jaime Lachica Sin † (Priest: 3 Apr 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Feb 1967; Coadjutor Archbishop: 15 Jan 1972; Archbishop: 8 Oct 1972 to 21 Jan 1974)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links
Province of Caceres
Province of Cagayan de Oro
Province of Capiz
Province of Cebu
Province of Cotabato
Province of Davao
Province of Jaro
Province of Lingayen-Dagupan
Province of Lipa
Province of Manila
Province of Nueva Segovia
Province of Ozamiz
Province of Palo
Province of San Fernando
Province of Tuguegarao
Province of Zamboanga
Military Ordinariate

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