Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato

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Archdiocese of Cotabato

Archidioecesis Cotabatensis

Arkidiyosesis ng Cotabato (Tagalog)
Arkidiyosis sang Cotabato (Hiligaynon)
Artsidiyosesis sa Cotabato (Cebuano)
Arquidiócesis de Cotabato (Spanish)
Catholic
Immaculate Concepcion Metropolitan Cathedral Cotabato (Quezon Avenue, Cotabato City; 08-15-2023).jpg
Cotabato Cathedral
Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Cotabato (2025).svg
Coat of arms
Location
Country Philippines
Territory Cotabato City; Maguindanao del Norte; Maguindanao del Sur; western Cotabato (Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit); Sultan Kudarat (except for Columbio, Milbuk, Palimbang)
Ecclesiastical province Cotabato
Statistics
Area9,575 km2 (3,697 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 2,403,120
  • 1,095,170 [1]  (45.6%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Cotabato
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop Angelito R. Lampon
Suffragans Cerilo Allan U. Casicas (Marbel) Jose Colin M. Bagaforo (Kidapawan)
Bishops emeritusCardinal Orlando Quevedo
(Archbishop, 1998-2018)
Map
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Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.

The Archdiocese of Cotabato is a Latin Catholic metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church on the island of Mindanao, the Philippines. The archdiocese includes North Cotabato (also known as the P-PALMA area) and the municipality of Banisilan, Cotabato.

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Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Cotabato City. The Archbishop's Palace is at 158 Sinsuat Avenue, Rosary Heights, Cotabato City.

Its current archbishop is Angelito Lampon following the retirement of Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on 6 November 2018. He was installed on January 31, 2019. [2]

History

On 11 August 1950, the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu was formed out of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamboanga. The Territorial prelature included the three provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao.

On 28 October 1953 it was renamed Territorial Prelature of Cotabato when it lost territory to the new the Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu. It lost territory again on 17 December 1960 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Marbel.

On 5 November 1979, Pope John Paul II elevated the Diocese of Cotabato into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotabato.

Coat of arms of the then-Territorial Prelature of Cotabato. Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg
Coat of arms of the then-Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.

Ordinaries

Metropolitan archbishops

ArchbishopPeriod in OfficeCoat of Arms
1. Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg Gerard MongeauMarch 27, 1951 - 12 June 1976 (as Territorial Prelate of Cotabato and Sulu and Territorial Prelate of Cotabato)
(25 years, 77 days)
12 June 1976 - 5 November 1979 (as Bishop of Cotabato)
(3 years, 146 days)
5 November 1979 - 14 March 1980 (as Archbishop of Cotabato)
(130 days)		 Coat of arms of Gerard Mongeau.svg
2. Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg Philip F. Smith14 March 1980 - 30 May 1998
(18 years, 77 days)		 Coat of arms of Philip Francis Smith as Archbishop of Cotabato.svg
3. Cardinal Quevedo in 2016 (Crop).png Orlando B. Quevedo 30 May 1998 - 6 November 2018
(20 years, 160 days)		 Coat of arms of Orlando Beltran Quevedo.svg
4. Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Cotabato (2025).svg Angelito Lampon (6 November 2018 [3] – present)
((6 years, 279 days))		 Coat of Arms of Angelito Lampon.svg

Auxiliary bishops

BishopPeriod in OfficeCoat of Arms
1. Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno11 July 1969 (appointed) - 11 December 1979 (resigned) Coat of arms of Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno.svg
2. Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Cotabato.svg José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo 2 Feb 2006 (appointed) - 25 July 2016 (appointed Bishop of Kidapawan) Coat of arms of Jose Colin Mendoza Bagaforo as Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato.svg

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the metropolitan's own archbishopric and the suffragan dioceses of Kidapawan and Marbel.

Religious congregations in the archdiocese

Men
Women

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cotabato (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  2. ↑ "New Cotabato archbishop installed amid tight security". CBCPNews. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 06.11.2018". Bolletino Quotidiano (in Italian). Sala Stampa della Santa Sede. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

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