Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato

Archdiocese of Cotabto
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao and Cotabato City
Statistics
Parishes	24
Congregations	11
Current leadership
Bishop	Orlando B. Quevedo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Cotabato is the Archdiocese in the Province of cotabato, on the island of Mindanao.

History

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato was carved out from the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro as the Diocese of Cotabato. It was erected on 11 August 1950 for the three provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao. The Diocese of Marbel and the Diocese of Kidapawan are its suffragans. On 5 November 1979, Pope John Paul II elevated the Diocese of Cotabato into an Archdiocese.

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Kidapawan
• Diocese of Marbel

Address

The office of the Archdiocese of Cotabato is currently located at Archbishop's Palace, P.O. Box 186, 158 Sinsuat Ave., Rosary Heights, 9600 Cotabato City, Maguindanao, Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, Philippines.

Prelates

• Current Archbishop is Most Rev. '''Orlando Beltran Quevedo''', O.M.I..
  • Date of Birth: March 11, 1939
  • Place of Birth: Laoag, Ilocos Norte
  • Sacerdotal Ordination: June 5, 1964 – Washington, DC, USA
  • Episcopal Ordination: October 28, 1980 – Kidapawan, Cotabato
  • Appointments: July 23, 1980 – Appointed Bishop of the Prelature of Kidapawan
  • March 22, 1986 – Appointed Archbishop of Nueva Segovia:
  • May 30, 1998 – Appointed Archbishop of Cotabato

• Auxiliary Bishop is Jose Colin Mendoza Bagaforo
  • Born on 30 Jan 1954 in Cotabato City
  • Ordained as priest of the Diocesan Clergy of Cotabato at age 26 last 25 Mar 1980
  • Appointed as bishop and titular bishop of Vazari-Dida on 2 Feb 2006
  • Ordained bishop at age 52 on 25 Apr 2006 in Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cotabato City

Religious Congregations in the Archdiocese

Men

• Oblates of Mary Immaculate
• Society of Mary or Marist Fathers
• Little Brothers of Mary or Marist Brothers

Women

• Oblates of Notre Dame
• Religious of the Virgin Mary
• Siervas de la Nuestra Senora dela Paz
• Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena
• Religious des Notre Dame de Missions
• Carmelite Sisters of Charity-Vedruna
• Associates of Notre Dame
• Xaverian Missionaries of Christ Jesus with missions in Pastoral and Social Services in the Sanitarium and Provincial Jail in Cotabato and in Langgal,Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat Province.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Philippines

References

• Catholic Hierarchy
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