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Archdiocese of Cebu Commission on Youth

Archdiocese of Cebu Commission on Youth

URL: http://www.coycebu.org/


The youth ministry and program in the Archdiocese of Cebu began in 1978. His Eminence Julio Cardinal Rosales, then Archbishop of Cebu, appointed Rev. Fr. (now Msgr.) Roberto “Boy” Alesna as the Chairperson of the Youth Welfare Services (YWS) under Cebu Caritas Incorporated. YWS initiated a youth convention on September 24, 1978. The convention was able to identify programs that the YWS were to... 
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St. Vincent Ferrer Parish (Tanauan)

St. Vincent Ferrer Parish (Tanauan)

URL: http://svfp.org


Since the people from Barangay Canramos, Tanauan, Leyte has earnestly requested that their spiritual and pastoral needs be effectively ministered; and in response to the deep desire and felt need of the people as shown by their wonderful enthusiasm and interest in helping and supporting the various projects and activities initiated by the aforementioned barangay, and after having duly consulted the... 

Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño

Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño

URL: http://www.basilicadelsantoninodecebu.org.ph


The convent of the Sto. Niño de Cebu was founded by Fr. Andres de Urdaneta on April 28, 1565 , the very day the Legazpi-Urdaneta expedition arrived in the island. On May 8 of the same year, when Legaspi and his men planned the urbanization of the city, they allotted a “place for the church and the convent of San Agustin, “where the Santo Niño image had been found.” In 1599, the convent was... 

Our Lord’s Transfiguration Parish (Palo, Leyte)

Our Lord's Transfiguration Parish (Palo, Leyte)

URL: http://www.palocathedral.org


The Parish of Our Lord’s Transfiguration in Palo, Leyte covers a total of 20 barangays or 61 percent of the total of 33 barangays of the municipality. Of the 9,426 households as of 2000 as per NCSO report, about 57 percent of these are located in the area of jurisdiction of the Cathedral Parish. Last December 2007, a total of 1,992 households were covered in the BEC survey representing 37 percent... 

Diocese of Tagbilaran

Diocese of Tagbilaran

URL: http://www.tagbilarandiocese.org


The Diocese of Tagbilaran was created on November 8, 1941 and made a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cebu. On January 9, 1986 the diocese was divided as the Diocese of Talibon was created. Talibon is a major town on the northern coast of the island. And the Diocese of Talibon absorved half of the civil province of Bohol. Today the Diocese of Tagbilaran has jurisdiction over 37 parishes and 4 chaplaincies.... 

Diocese of Bacolod

Diocese of Bacolod

URL: http://www.dioceseofbacolod.org


One of the older dioceses in the Philippines, the Diocese of Bacolod was erected in 1932 from territory in both the Archdiocese of Cebu and the Archdiocese of Jaro. In 1937, the diocese was further subdivided when the Diocese of Kabankalan and the Diocese of San Carlos were both split off. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jaro. The current bishop is Vicente Macanan Navarra, appointed... 

Archdiocese of Cebu

Archdiocese of Cebu

URL: http://www.cebuarchdiocese.org


The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu is one of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines that is composed of the entire civil province of Cebu (Cebu and the nearby islands of Mactan, Bantayan, and Camotes). The dioceses of Tagbilaran and Talibon in Bohol, the diocese of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental, and the diocese of Maasin in Southern Leyte are its suffragans. The... 
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