Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capiz

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Archdiocese of Capiz

Archidioecesis Capicensis

Artsidiyosesis sang Capiz
Arkidiyosesis ng Capiz
Arquidiocesis de Cápiz
Catholic
Immaculate Concepcion Metropolitan Cathedral Roxas with fountain (Rizal Street, Roxas, Capiz; 04-07-2024).jpg
Immaculate Concepcion Metropolitan Cathedral, Roxas City
Archdiocese of Capiz coat of arms Philippine Studies version.svg
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Territory Capiz
Ecclesiastical province Capiz
MetropolitanCapiz
Coordinates 11°35′01″N122°45′11″E / 11.5836°N 122.7530°E / 11.5836; 122.7530
Statistics
Area2,663 km2 (1,028 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2021)
908,000 [1]
823,825 [2]  (90.7 [3] %)
Parishes37 [4]
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedJanuary 27, 1951 (Diocese)
January 17, 1976 (Archdiocese)
Cathedral Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral
Patroness Immaculate Conception
Secular priests 113 [4]
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Major Archbishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico
Metropolitan Archbishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico
Suffragans Jose Corazon Tala-oc (Kalibo)
Narciso Abellana (Romblon)
Vicar GeneralRufino Regie Pamposa
Bishops emeritus Jose Advincula (2011–2021)
Map
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Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines

The Archdiocese of Capiz is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The archdiocese covers the entire province of Capiz on the island of Panay in the Visayas, central Philippines, and has its see in Roxas City. As an ecclesiastical province, it also encompasses the suffragan sees of Kalibo, which oversees the province of Aklan, and Romblon, which oversees the province of the same name. Its current archbishop is Victor Barnuevo Bendico, who was installed on May 3, 2023. [5]

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History

The tumultuous situation that the Philippine Catholic church had experienced in the aftermath of the Philippine Revolution and the American occupation prompted the Holy See to issue the Apostolic Constitution Quae Mari Sinico in 1902. This document, apart from encouraging the gradual transition of ecclesiastical leadership to the Filipino secular clergy, also proposed the formation of new dioceses in Lipa, Zamboanga, Tuguegarao, and Capiz. [6] However, as Quae Mari Sinico does not have a consistorial decree on the proposed new dioceses, they remained in the jurisdiction of their mother dioceses; in the case of Capiz, it remained under the Archdiocese of Jaro. [7]

Decades after the Quae Mari Sinico, the Diocese of Capiz was eventually formed on 27 January 1951 by virtue of the Apostolic Constitution Ex supremi apostolatus. The new diocese was carved from the territory of the Archdiocese of Jaro, and covered the whole civil provinces of Capiz (which included Aklan until 1956) and Romblon. [8]

Two dioceses were eventually created from its territory: the Diocese of Romblon (19 December 1974) and the Diocese of Kalibo (17 January 1976). [9] [10]

On 17 January 1976, Pope Paul VI elevated the bishopric to the rank of an archdiocese through his Papal Bull Nimium Patens which turned it into an ecclesiastical province. The dioceses of Romblon and Kalibo became its suffragans. [11]

The archdiocese retained the name Capiz since its establishment predates the renaming of the municipality where it sits into Roxas City (11 April 1951).

Coat of arms

The silver crescent on the blue background symbolizes the Immaculate Conception, titular of the cathedral. The twins (kapid in Visayan) suggest the name of the territory of the diocese, the province of Capiz. The gold background indicates the unique honor accruing to the province from the fact that the highest men in Church and State at the time when the Philippines became a republic were both from Capiz: the Gabriel M. Reyes then-Archbishop of Manila and Manuel Roxas, the first President of the Third Philippine Republic. Hence, the twin at the dexter side holds a patriarchal cross, insignia of an archbishop, while the one at the sinister side holds a sheathed ancient ceremonial sword of command. [12]

Suffragan dioceses

List of Ordinaries

Bishops

NamePeriod in OfficeCoat of Arms
FromUntil
1. Bishop Manuel Yap.jpg Manuel Porcia Yap†February 13, 1951March 5, 1952

(Appointment; Bishop of Bacolod)

 Coat of arms of Manuel Porcia Yap as Bishop of Capiz.svg
2. Frondosa1.png Antonio Floro Frondosa†March 5, 1952January 17, 1976

(Appointment; Archbishop)

 Coat of arms of Antonio Floro Frondosa as Bishop of Capiz.svg

Archbishops

NamePeriod in OfficeCoat of Arms
FromUntil
1. Frondosa1.png Antonio Floro Frondosa†January 17, 1976

(Appointment; former Bishop)

June 18, 1986

(Retirement)

 Coat of arms of Antonio Floro Frondosa as Archbishop of Capiz.svg
2. Bishop Onesimo Gordoncillo.jpg Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo†June 18, 1986

(Appointment; former Bishop of Tagbilaran)

November 9, 2011 Coat of Arms of Onesimo Cadiz Gordoncillo.svg
3. Jose Fuerte Advincula November 9, 2011

(Appointment; former Bishop of San Carlos)

June 24, 2021

(Appointment; Archbishop of Manila)

 Coat of arms of Jose Fuerte Advincula.svg
4. Victor Barnuevo Bendico May 3, 2023

(Appointment; former Bishop of Baguio)

incumbent Coat of arms of Victor Barnuevo Bendico (Capiz).svg

Auxiliary Bishops

NamePeriod in OfficeCoat of Arms
FromUntil
1. Bishop Vicente Navarra.jpg Vicente Macanan Navarra April 23, 1979November 21, 1987

(Appointment; Bishop of Kabankalan)

Affiliated bishops

Administered Schools

See also

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