Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro

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Archdiocese of Jaro

Archdiocesis Jarensis

  • Arkidiyosesis sang Jaro
  • Arkidiyosesis ng Jaro
  • Arquidiócesis de Jaro
Catholic
Facade of Jaro Cathedral at Dawn.jpg
Jaro Cathedral
Archdiocese of Jaro coat of arms.svg
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Territory
Ecclesiastical province Jaro
Coordinates 10°43′24″N122°33′22″E / 10.7234°N 122.556°E / 10.7234; 122.556
Statistics
Area5,303 km2 (2,047 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2021)
3,668,000
3,049,000 [1]  (83.1%)
Parishes95
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedMay 27, 1865;158 years ago (May 27, 1865) (Diocese)
June 29, 1951;72 years ago (June 29, 1951) (Archdiocese)
Cathedral Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Patron saint
Secular priests 166
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo
Suffragans
Map
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Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
Archdiocese of Jaro

The Archdiocese of Jaro is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church headquartered in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. Its episcopal see is at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, also the National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles, as its seat. [2] The metropolitan archdiocese covers the provinces of Iloilo, Guimaras, Antique, and Negros Occidental. Its titular patron saint is Elizabeth of Hungary, whose feast is celebrated on November 17. [2]

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The Archdiocese of Jaro is one of the oldest episcopal sees in the country. It was established on May 27, 1865, through a papal bull of Pope Pius IX, [3] according to a document signed by Archbishop Gregorio Martinez, then archbishop of Manila. The diocese was created from the territory of the Archdiocese of Manila. Its first bishop was Mariano Cuartero, a Dominican missionary in the Philippines, who took possession of the diocese, on April 25, 1868. [3] It is also one of the largest episcopal sees during the Spanish colonial era encompassing the whole island of Panay (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras and Iloilo provinces), Mindoro, Romblon, Negros (Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental provinces), Palawan, Davao, Sulu, Cotabato and Zamboanga Peninsula as part of its jurisdiction.

On April 10, 1910, it lost some of its territories to the newly created Diocese of Zamboanga and Apostolic Prefecture of Palawan. Negros Oriental (Dumaguete) was also its part but became a separate diocese under Cebu. Later, three other ecclesiastical jurisdictions were established from its territory: the Diocese of Bacolod (July 15, 1932), Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro (July 2, 1936), and the Diocese of Capiz (January 27, 1951). [2]

On April 28, 1934, Pope Pius XI promulgated apostolic constitution Romanorum Pontificum semper separating the dioceses of Cebu, Calbayog, Jaro, Bacolod, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro from the ecclesiastical province of Manila. The same constitution elevated the diocese of Cebu into an archdiocese while placing all the newly separated dioceses under a new ecclesiastical province with Cebu as the new metropolitan see. [4] On June 29, 1951, it was raised as a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XII. [3] On March 24, 1962, it lost some territory to establish the Territorial Prelature (now Diocese) of San Jose de Antique. [2]

The ecclesiastical province of Jaro consists of the metropolitan archdiocese of Jaro and its suffragan dioceses of Bacolod, San Carlos, and Kabankalan, all in the province Negros Occidental, and San Jose de Antique on the island of Panay. [2]

History

Image of Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles) perched atop the facade of Jaro Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City. It is the first marian statue canonically crowned personal without a papal legate by a pope and saint in the Philippines and Asia when John Paul II visited the Philippine islands in 1981, elevating her as the official patron of Western Visayas and Romblon. Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria de Jaro 2022-07-05.jpg
Image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles) perched atop the facade of Jaro Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City. It is the first marian statue canonically crowned personal without a papal legate by a pope and saint in the Philippines and Asia when John Paul II visited the Philippine islands in 1981, elevating her as the official patron of Western Visayas and Romblon.

The precursor of the Archdiocese of Jaro dates back when it was founded in 1587 as a Roman Catholic parish by the Spanish colonists. The diocese of Jaro whose patron saint is Elizabeth of Hungary was officially and formally established by virtue of the Papal bull "Qui Ab Initio" of Pope Pius IX, issued in Rome on May 27, 1865. On October 10, 1867, the decree took effect and Jaro was made an Episcopal See, according to the document signed by D. Gregorio Meliton Martinez, then archbishop of Manila and executor-delegate of the decree. It is worth noting that this "decretum executorium" was also signed by Jose Burgos, Pro-Secretary, a secular priest who became one of the outstanding martyr-heroes of the country.

Jaro was separated from the now Archdiocese of Cebu and became a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Manila. Its territories at creation comprised the islands of Panay, (now composed of the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Antique and Aklan), Guimaras, Negros (now the twin provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental), Romblon and Palawan, as well as the provinces of Cotabato, Zamboanga, Davao and Sulu of Mindanao. Mariano Cuartero became its first bishop on April 25, 1868.

In the 20th century the diocese was further divided to form new ecclesiastical jurisdictions. Zamboanga was made a separate diocese in 1910, while Palawan was made an apostolic prelature in the same year; then Bacolod in 1933, Capiz in 1951 and finally the Prelature of San Jose, Antique in 1962 as suffragans.

Concurrently with the elevation of Jaro to an archdiocese, the first Filipino bishop, Jose Maria Cuenco, was raised to the rank of metropolitan archbishop, thereby making him the first archbishop of Jaro.

On January 17, 1976, Pope Paul VI elevated Capiz to the rank of archdiocese, with the dioceses of Romblon and Kalibo as its suffragans. The Archdiocese of Jaro was left with the dioceses of Bacolod (which eventually was divided into three dioceses: Bacolod, San Carlos, and Kabankalan) and San Jose de Antique as its suffragans.

On February 20, 1981, Pope John Paul II visited the archdiocese and crowned the image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria at the facade of Jaro Cathedral, the first Marian image crowned personally without a papal legate by a pope. [5]

Coat of arms

The Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Jaro, during the 1950s Archdiocese of Jaro coat of arms 1953.svg
The Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Jaro, during the 1950s

The black eagle and the three red roses refer to Saint Elizabeth of Hungary or of Thuringia, patroness of the Jaro Cathedral. The coconut on a green knoll represents Jaro. [6]

Bishops

The current archbishop is Jose Romeo O. Lazo. He was born on January 23, 1949, in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique He attended the St. Vincent Ferrer Major Seminary in Jaro, and was ordained a priest on April 1, 1975, in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique. After his ordination, he pursued higher studies at the East Asian Pastoral Institute, Quezon City in and the Institute of Pastoral Theology in Berkeley, California, United States.

In 2003, Lazo was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalibo, and was ordained bishop on December 29, 2003. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique in 2009. On February 14, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him as the archbishop of Jaro following the retirement of Archbishop Angel Lagdameo. [7] Lagdameo served the archdiocese for 17 years.

List of bishops and archbishops of Jaro

No.PictureNameFromUntilCoat of arms
1 Mariano Cuartero y Medina.jpg Mariano Cuartero y MedinaSeptember 20, 1867July 16, 1884 Coat of arms of Mariano Cuartero y Medina.svg
2 Arrue.jpg Leandro Arrúe Agudo March 27, 1885October 24, 1897 Coat of arms of Leandro Arrue y Agudo.svg
3 Ferrero A.jpg Andrés Ferrero y Malo de San José, O.A.R. March 24, 1898October 27, 1903
4 Rooker.jpg Frederick Zadok Rooker June 12, 1903September 20, 1907 Coat of arms of Frederick Zadok Rooker.svg
5 D. Dougherty 1904.jpg Dennis Joseph Dougherty April 19, 1908December 6, 1915 Coat of arms of Dennis Joseph Dougherty (Buffalo).svg
6 M. Foley 1911.jpg Maurice Patrick FoleySeptember 6, 1916August 7, 1919 Coat of arms of Maurice Patrick Foley.svg
7 Bishop Mccloskey.jpg James Paul McCloskeyMarch 8, 1920April 10, 1945 Coat of arms of James Paul McCloskey as Bishop of Jaro.svg
8 Jose Maria Cuenco.jpg José María Cuenco November 24, 1945October 8, 1972 Coat of Arms of Jose Maria Cuenco.svg
9 Cardinal Jaime Sin in 1988.jpg Jaime Lachica Sin October 8, 1972January 21, 1974 Coat of arms of Jaime Lachica Sin as Archbishop of Jaro.svg
10 Artemio Casas.jpg Artemio G. CasasMay 11, 1974October 25, 1985 Coat of arms of Artemio Casas.svg
11 Archbishop Alberto Piamonte.jpg Alberto Jover Piamonte April 2, 1986December 17, 1998 Coat of arms of Alberto Piamonte.svg
12 Archbishop Angel Lagdameo.jpg Angel Lagdameo March 11, 2000February 14, 2018 Coat of arms of Angel Lagdameo - Archbishop of Jaro.svg
13 Bishop Jose Romeo O. Lazo (2).jpg Jose Romeo O. Lazo February 14, 2018incumbent Jose romeo lazo coat of arms.svg

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