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The Catholic Church in the Philippines is organized into 72 dioceses in 16
ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sever ...
s, as well as 7 apostolic vicariates and a
military ordinariate A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, of the Latin or an Eastern church, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the armed forces of a nation. Until 1986, they were called "military v ...
. Each province has a
metropolitan archdiocese A metropolis religious jurisdiction, or a metropolitan archdiocese, is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces. ...
led by an
archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
, and at least one suffragan diocese. In most archdioceses and some large dioceses, one or more auxiliary bishops serve in association with the diocesan bishop. , one of the 16 metropolitans is a cardinal of the Catholic Church: Manila ( Jose F. ''Cardinal'' Advincula); two archdioceses have retired archbishops who served as cardinal-archbishop of their diocese: Manila ( Gaudencio B. ''Cardinal'' Rosales) and Cotabato ( Orlando B. ''Cardinal'' Quevedo); one cardinal who was formerly a metropolitan archbishop is assigned at the Roman Curia ( Luis Antonio G. ''Cardinal'' Tagle). All active and retired bishops in the Philippines, coadjutor, and auxiliary — are members of the
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines; ceb, Hugpong sa mga Obispo nga Katoliko sa Pilipinas; bcl, Komperensya kan mga Obispo Katoliko kan Pilipinas; hil, Komperensya sang mga Obispo Katoliko sang Pilipinas; ilo, Kumperensya ti ...
(CBCP).


List of current bishops


Living bishops-emeriti


Filipino bishops serving outside of the Philippines


Bishop serving in the Roman Curia


Bishops in the Vatican Diplomatic Corps


Bishops serving in foreign sees


Papal Nuncio to the Philippines


See also

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List of Roman Catholic archdioceses The following is a current list of Catholic archdioceses ordered by continent and country (for the Latin Church) and by liturgical rite (for the Eastern Catholic Churches). Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Catholic p ...
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses *
List of Catholic dioceses in the Philippines This is a list of the Catholic dioceses in the Philippines (Mga Katolikong diyosesis ng Pilipinas). The dioceses' bishops comprise the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), an episcopal conference. The dioceses are grouped into ...


References


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Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
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