Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro
Roman Catholic archdiocese in the Philippines
Archdiocese of Jaro
Archdiocesis Jarensis
Arkidiyosesis sang Jaro Arkidiyosesis ng Jaro Arquidiócesis de Jaro
Coat of arms
Country Philippines Territory
Ecclesiastical province Jaro Coordinates 10°43′24″N 122°33′22″E / 10.7234°N 122.556°E / 10.7234; 122.556 Area 5,303 km2 (2,047 sq mi) Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2021) 3,668,000 3,049,000[1] ( 83.1%) Parishes 95 Denomination Catholic Sui iuris churchLatin Church Rite Roman Rite Established May 27, 1865; 159 years ago (May 27, 1865 ) (Diocese) June 29, 1951; 72 years ago (June 29, 1951 ) (Archdiocese) Cathedral Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Patron saint Secular priests 166 Pope Francis Metropolitan Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo Suffragans Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.Archdiocese of Jaro
The Archdiocese of Jaro is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church headquartered in Jaro, Iloilo City , Philippines . Its episcopal see is at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary , also the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles, as its seat.[2] The metropolitan archdiocese covers the provinces of Iloilo , Guimaras , Antique , and Negros Occidental . Its titular patron saint is Elizabeth of Hungary , whose feast is celebrated on November 17.[2]
The Archdiocese of Jaro is one of the oldest episcopal sees in the country. It was established on May 27, 1865, through a papal bull of Pope Pius IX ,[3] according to a document signed by Archbishop Gregorio Martinez , then archbishop of Manila. The diocese was created from the territory of the Archdiocese of Manila . Its first bishop was Mariano Cuartero , a Dominican missionary in the Philippines, who took possession of the diocese, on April 25, 1868.[3] It is also one of the largest episcopal sees during the Spanish colonial era encompassing the whole island of Panay (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras and Iloilo provinces), Mindoro, Romblon, Negros (Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental provinces), Palawan, Davao, Sulu, Cotabato and Zamboanga Peninsula as part of its jurisdiction.
On April 10, 1910, it lost some of its territories to the newly created Diocese of Zamboanga and Apostolic Prefecture of Palawan . Negros Oriental (Dumaguete ) was also its part but became a separate diocese under Cebu. Later, three other ecclesiastical jurisdictions were established from its territory: the Diocese of Bacolod (July 15, 1932), Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro (July 2, 1936), and the Diocese of Capiz (January 27, 1951).[2]
On April 28, 1934, Pope Pius XI promulgated apostolic constitution Romanorum Pontificum semper separating the dioceses of Cebu , Calbayog , Jaro, Bacolod , Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro from the ecclesiastical province of Manila. The same constitution elevated the diocese of Cebu into an archdiocese while placing all the newly separated dioceses under a new ecclesiastical province with Cebu as the new metropolitan see.[4] On June 29, 1951, it was raised as a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XII .[3] On March 24, 1962, it lost some territory to establish the Territorial Prelature (now Diocese) of San Jose de Antique .[2]
The ecclesiastical province of Jaro consists of the metropolitan archdiocese of Jaro and its suffragan dioceses of Bacolod , San Carlos , and Kabankalan , all in the province Negros Occidental , and San Jose de Antique on the island of Panay .[2]
History
Image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles ) perched atop the facade of Jaro Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City . It is the first marian statue canonically crowned personal without a papal legate by a pope and saint in the Philippines and Asia when John Paul II visited the Philippine islands in 1981, elevating her as the official patron of Western Visayas and Romblon .
The precursor of the Archdiocese of Jaro dates back when it was founded in 1587 as a Roman Catholic parish by the Spanish colonists. The diocese of Jaro whose patron saint is Elizabeth of Hungary was officially and formally established by virtue of the Papal bull "Qui Ab Initio" of Pope Pius IX, issued in Rome on May 27, 1865. On October 10, 1867, the decree took effect and Jaro was made an Episcopal See , according to the document signed by 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 Jose Burgos, Pro-Secretary, a secular priest who became one of the outstanding martyr-heroes of the country.
Jaro was separated from the now Archdiocese of Cebu and became a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Manila. Its territories at creation comprised the islands of Panay , (now composed of the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Antique and Aklan), Guimaras , Negros (now the twin provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental ), Romblon and Palawan , as well as the provinces of Cotabato , Zamboanga , Davao and Sulu of Mindanao . Mariano Cuartero became its first bishop on April 25, 1868.
In the 20th century the diocese was further divided to form new ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Zamboanga was made a separate 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, Jose Maria Cuenco , 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 dioceses: Bacolod , San Carlos , and Kabankalan ) and San Jose de Antique as its suffragans.
On February 20, 1981, Pope John Paul II visited the archdiocese and crowned the image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria at the facade of Jaro Cathedral , the first Marian image crowned personally without a papal legate by a pope.[5]
Coat of arms
The Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Jaro, during the 1950s
The black eagle and the three red roses refer to Saint Elizabeth of Hungary or of Thuringia , patroness of the Jaro Cathedral . The coconut on a green knoll represents Jaro .[6]
Bishops
The current archbishop is Jose Romeo O. Lazo . He was born on January 23, 1949, in San Jose de Buenavista , Antique He attended the St. Vincent Ferrer Major Seminary in Jaro, and was ordained a priest on April 1, 1975, in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique. After his ordination, he pursued higher studies at the East Asian Pastoral Institute , Quezon City in and the Institute of Pastoral Theology in Berkeley, California , United States .
In 2003, Lazo was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalibo , and was ordained bishop on December 29, 2003. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique in 2009. On February 14, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him as the archbishop of Jaro following the retirement of Archbishop Angel Lagdameo .[7] Lagdameo served the archdiocese for 17 years.
List of bishops and archbishops of Jaro
No.
Picture
Name
From
Until
Coat of arms
1
Mariano Cuartero y Medina
September 20, 1867
July 16, 1884
2
Leandro Arrúe Agudo
March 27, 1885
October 24, 1897
3
Andrés Ferrero y Malo de San José , O.A.R.
March 24, 1898
October 27, 1903
4
Frederick Zadok Rooker
June 12, 1903
September 20, 1907
5
Dennis Joseph Dougherty
April 19, 1908
December 6, 1915
6
Maurice Patrick Foley
September 6, 1916
August 7, 1919
7
James Paul McCloskey
March 8, 1920
April 10, 1945
8
José María Cuenco
November 24, 1945
October 8, 1972
9
Jaime Lachica Sin
October 8, 1972
January 21, 1974
10
Artemio G. Casas
May 11, 1974
October 25, 1985
11
Alberto Jover Piamonte
April 2, 1986
December 17, 1998
12
Angel Lagdameo
March 11, 2000
February 14, 2018
13
Jose Romeo O. Lazo
February 14, 2018
incumbent
Affiliated bishops
Living
Jose Romeo O. Lazo (Archbishop: February 14, 2018 – present)
Fernando R. Capalla (Priest: March 18, 1961 – April 2, 1975)
Jose Serofia Palma (Priest: August 21, 1976 – November 28, 1997)
Emmanuel Celeste Trance (Priest: May 17, 1978 – May 14, 2004)
Gerardo Alimane Alminaza (Former Auxiliary Bishop: May 29, 2008 – September 14, 2013)
Deceased
Leandro Arrúe Agudo (Bishop: March 27, 1885 – October 24, 1897)
Teofilo Bastida Camomot (Auxiliary Bishop: March 23, 1955 – June 10, 1958)
Artemio G. Casas (Archbishop: May 11, 1974 – 25 October 25, 1985)
Mariano Cuartero y Medina (Bishop: September 20, 1867 – July 16, 1884)
José María Cuenco (Auxiliary Bishop: November 22, 1941; Bishop: November 24, 1945; Archbishop: June 29, 1951 – October 8, 1972)
Dennis Joseph Dougherty (Bishop: April 19, 1908 – December 6, 1915)
Andrés Ferrero y Malo de San José (Bishop: March 24, 1898 – October 27, 1903)
Maurice Patrick Foley (Bishop: September 6, 1916 – August 7, 1919)
James Paul McCloskey (Bishop: March 8, 1920 – April 10, 1945)
Juan Nicolasora Nilmar (Auxiliary Bishop: February 20, 1959 – January 3, 1967)
Alberto Jover Piamonte (Priest: March 22, 1958; Auxiliary Bishop: December 28, 1974; Archbishop: April 2, 1986 – December 17, 1998)
Frederick Zadok Rooker (Bishop: June 12, 1903 – September 20, 1907)
Jaime Lachica Sin (Priest: April 3, 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: February 10, 1967; Coadjutor Archbishop: January 15, 1972; Archbishop: October 8, 1972 – January 21, 1974)
Angel N. Lagdameo (Archbishop Emeritus: March 11, 2000 – February 14, 2018)
Suffragan dioceses
See also
References
^ "Jaro (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)" . gcatholic.org. Retrieved September 16, 2023 .
^ a b c d e "Archdiocese of Jaro" . GCatholic.org . Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
^ a b c "Archdiocese of Jaro" . Claretian Communications Foundation . Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
^ Pope Pius XI (April 28, 1934). "Apostolic Constitution separating some dioceses from the ecclesiastical province of Manila to form the new ecclesiastical province of Cebu" (PDF) . pp. 263–264.
^ "Pope John Paul II's 1981 visit to Iloilo" . The Daily Guardian . May 7, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
^ Madriaga, Mariano (1957). "The Coats-of-Arms of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in the Philippines: Part I. The Metropolitan Sees" . Philippine Studies . 5 (2): 177–190. JSTOR 42720389 . Retrieved June 5, 2021 .
^ "Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, Bollettino quotidiano, Rinunce e nomine, 14 febbraio 2018 (B0125)" (in Latin). February 14, 2018.
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