Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capiz
{{Short description|Roman Catholic archdiocese in the Philippines}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Archdiocese
| border = Catholic
| name = Capiz
| latin = Archidioecesis Capicensis
| local = {{Lang|Hil|Artsidiyosesis sang Capiz}}
{{Lang|tag|Arkidiyosesis ng Capiz}}
{{Lang|es|Arquidiocesis de Cápiz}}
| image = Immaculate Concepcion Metropolitan Cathedral Roxas with fountain (Rizal Street, Roxas, Capiz; 04-07-2024).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Immaculate Concepcion Metropolitan Cathedral, Roxas City
| coat = Archdiocese_of_Capiz_coat_of_arms_Philippine_Studies_version.svg
| coat_size = 150px
| coat_alt =
| flag =
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| country = {{flag|Philippines}}
| territory = Capiz
| province = Capiz
| metropolitan = Capiz
| archdeaconries =
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| coordinates = {{Coord|11.5836|N|122.7530|E|source:wikidata|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 = 2,663
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| population = 908,000{{Cite web|url=http://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/capi0.htm?tab=info|title=Capiz (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)|publisher=gcatholic.org|access-date=2023-09-15}}
| population_as_of = 2021
| catholics = 823,825{{Cite web|url=http://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/capi0.htm?tab=info|title=Capiz (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)|publisher=gcatholic.org|access-date=2023-09-15}}
| catholics_percent = 90.7{{Cite web|url=http://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/capi0.htm?tab=info|title=Capiz (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)|publisher=gcatholic.org|access-date=2023-09-15}}
| parishes = 37{{Cn|date=November 2024}}
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| denomination = Catholic
| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church
| rite = Roman Rite
| established = January 27, 1951 (Diocese)
January 17, 1976 (Archdiocese)
| cathedral = Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral
| cocathedral =
| patron = Immaculate Conception
| patron_title = Patroness
| priests = 113{{Cn|date=November 2024}}
| pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
| patriarch =
| major_archbishop = Victor Barnuevo Bendico
| bishop =
| bishop_title = Archbishop
| metro_archbishop = Victor Barnuevo Bendico
| coadjutor =
| suffragans = Jose Corazon Tala-oc (Kalibo)
Narciso Abellana (Romblon)
| auxiliary_bishops =
| apostolic_admin =
| vicar_general = Rufino Regie Pamposa
| episcopal_vicar =
| archdeacons =
| emeritus_bishops = Jose Advincula (2011–2021)
| map = 220px
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| map_caption = Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines
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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.{{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/03/03/230303b.html|title=Resignations and Appointments|date=March 3, 2023|website=Holy See Press Office|access-date=March 13, 2023}}
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. {{cite book |last=Pilario |first=Daniel Franklin |date=2015 |editor1-last=Pilario |editor1-first=Daniel Franklin |editor2-last=Vibar |editor2-first=Gerardo |title=Philippine Local Churches after the Spanish Regime: Quae Mari Sinico and Beyond |location=Manila |publisher=Adamson University Press |pages=1-29 |chapter=Introduction: Quae Mari Sinico and the Church in Disarray |chapter-url=https://www.svst.edu.ph/upload/assets/3IsUhBJVTRh7ZZn9s9PLdpa33dFoXMETZQOYxNDmlAETVW406k.pdf }} 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.{{cite journal |last1=Magpantay |first1=Melanie |last2=Hila |first2=Antonio |title=The Ascendancy of Gabriel M. Reyes to the Archbishopric of Manila (1949-1952) |journal=Philippinana Sacra |date=2022 |volume=LVII |issue=73 |page=295-342 |url=https://philsacra.ust.edu.ph/admin/downloadarticle?id=DE1D020097AA2A3FAC8CD167D47D2CE0}}
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.{{cite journal |title=Ex supremi apostolatus |journal=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |date=1951 |volume=43 |pages=264-266 |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-43-1951-ocr.pdf}}
Two dioceses were eventually created from its territory: the Diocese of Romblon (19 December 1974) and the Diocese of Kalibo (17 January 1976).{{cite journal |title=Christi Ecclesia |journal=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |date=1974 |volume=68 |pages=168-169 |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-67-1975-ocr.pdf}}{{cite journal |title=Animarum utilitas |journal=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |date=1976 |volume=68 |pages=166-167 |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-68-1976-ocr.pdf}}
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.{{cite journal |title=Nimium patens |journal=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |date=1976 |volume=68 |pages=165-166 |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-68-1976-ocr.pdf}}
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.{{cite journal |last=Madriaga |first=Mariano |date=1958 |title=The Coats-of-Arms of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in the Philippines: Part III. Visayas and Mindanao |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42719371 |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=165–173 |doi= |jstor=42719371 |access-date=12 May 2021}}
Suffragan dioceses
List of Ordinaries
= Bishops =
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Name ! colspan="2" |Period in Office ! rowspan="2" |Coat of Arms |
| From
!Until |
|---|
| 1.
|Manuel Porcia Yap† |February 13, 1951 |March 5, 1952 (Appointment; Bishop of Bacolod) |
| 2.
| |Antonio Floro Frondosa† |March 5, 1952 |January 17, 1976 (Appointment; Archbishop) |
= Archbishops =
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Name ! colspan="2" |Period in Office ! rowspan="2" |Coat of Arms |
| From
!Until |
|---|
| 1.
| |Antonio Floro Frondosa† |January 17, 1976 (Appointment; former Bishop) |June 18, 1986 (Retirement) |
| 2.
|June 18, 1986 (Appointment; former Bishop of Tagbilaran) |November 9, 2011 |
| 3.
| |November 9, 2011 (Appointment; former Bishop of San Carlos) |June 24, 2021 (Appointment; Archbishop of Manila) |
| 4.
| |May 3, 2023 (Appointment; former Bishop of Baguio) |Incumbent |
= Auxiliary Bishops =
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Name ! colspan="2" |Period in Office ! rowspan="2" |Coat of Arms |
| From
!Until |
|---|
| 1.
|April 23, 1979 |November 21, 1987 (Appointment; Bishop of Kabankalan) | |
Affiliated bishops
- Jaime Sin, first rector of St. Pius X Seminary (1957–1967); Archbishop of Jaro (1972–1974); Archbishop of Manila (1974–2003)
- Warlito I. Cajandig, appointed Apostolic Vicar of Calapan in 1989
- Vicente Navarra, first Bishop of Kabankalan (1987–2001); Bishop of Bacolod (2001–2016)
- Victor B. Bendico, appointed Bishop of Baguio in 2017 to 2023; Later he was appointed Archbishop of Capiz in 2023
- Jose Advincula, Bishop of San Carlos (2001–2011); Archbishop of Capiz (2011–2021); appointed Archbishop of Manila in 2021Gomes, R. (2021, March 25). Pope appoints new Archbishop in Manila. Vatican News. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-03/pope-frncis-appoints-new-archbishop-manila-philippines-advincula.html
Administered Schools
- St. Pius X Seminary (Roxas City)
- Sancta Maria, Mater et Regina, Seminarium (Roxas City)
- Colegio De La Purisima Concepcion
Gallery
{{Gallery
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|File:Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Roxas, Capiz 20150815.jpg|Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral, Roxas City
|File:Loctugan Church, Roxas City, Capiz.jpg
|Saint Therese of Avila Parish Church, Roxas City
|File:Church of Pan-ay.JPG
|Santa Monica Parish Church, Panay
|File:Dao Church, Capiz.jpg
|St. Thomas of Villanova Parish Church, Dao
|File:Church of Mambusao, Capiz.jpg
|Saint Catherine of Alexandria Parish Church, Mambusao
|File:Dumalag Church, Capiz.jpg
|St. Martin of Tours Parish Church, Dumalag
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcapz.html Catholic Hierarchy]
- [http://www.cbcponline.net/capiz/ CBCP]
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