Mater Dei College also referred to by its acronym MDC is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational basic and higher education institution located in Tubigon, Bohol, Philippines. It was established in 1983, with the school's full operation starting in 1984.
It was during the term of Hon. Eufrasio Mascarinas as mayor of the town that the school was established. Bohol's prominent residents together with the local government unit had joined hands to build a community college for local residents who are economically challenged to send their children to big cities to obtain college education. During that time, Tagbilaran City was the only nearest place that offered college education and only few were capable of sending their children to Cebu and Manila for higher education.
It is through the efforts of then Sangguniang Bayan secretary, Cesar Mascarinas, parish priest Rev. Fr. Camilo Auza and an educator Lourdes H. Torrefranca, Ph.D., that conceived the idea of founding a college brought it into a reality. Finally, Resolution no. 78 (series of 1983) of the town council was passed to petition the then President Ferdinand Marcos to approve the opening of a private college in Tubigon. The first set of the Members of the Board of Trustees and Incorporators of the school were:
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