The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato is a

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of the

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of the

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on the island of

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

, the Philippines. The Archdiocese includes

North Cotabato Cotabato or North Cotabato ( hil, Aminhan Cotabato; ceb, Amihanang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pangutaran Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤڠوترن كوتاواتو; fil, Hilagang Cotabato), officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in ...

(also known as the P-PALMA area) and the municipality of Banisilan, Cotabato. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in

Cotabato City Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato ( Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kutawatu'', Jawi: كوتا نو كوتاواتو; Iranun: ''Bandar a Kotawato'', بندر ا كوتاواتو; fil, Lungsod ng Cotabato), is a third class independent co ...

. The Archbishop's Palace is at 158 Sinsuat Avenue, Rosary Heights, Cotabato City. Its current archbishop is

Angelito Lampon Angelito Rendon Lampon (born 1 March 1950) is a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Cotabato since 2019. He was Apostolic Vicar of Jolo from 1997 to 2018. Biography He was born on 1 March 1950 in M'Lang, C ...

, O.M.I, following the retirement of Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on 6 November 2018. He was installed on January 31, 2019.

History

On 11 August 1950, the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu was formed out of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamboanga The Archdiocese of Zamboanga (Latin name: ''Archdiocesis Zamboangensis'') is a Catholic archdiocese in the Philippines. Its present jurisdiction includes Zamboanga City, with suffragans in Basilan (Territorial Prelature of Isabela) and Zamboanga ...

. The

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included the three provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao. On 28 October 1953 it was renamed Territorial Prelature of Cotabato when it lost territory to the new the

Apostolic Prefecture of Sulu The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction covering the Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces in southern Philippines. It is directly exempt to the Holy See, specifically Roman Congregation for the Evange ...

. It lost territory again on 17 December 1960 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Marbel. On 5 November 1979,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

elevated the Diocese of Cotabato into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotabato. Prelature nullius of Cotabato coat of arms

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops

Auxiliary bishops

Province

Its

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comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and the suffragan dioceses of

Kidapawan Kidapawan, officially the City of Kidapawan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Kidapawan; hil, Dakbanwa sang Kidapawan; Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kidapawan'', Jawi: كوتا نو كيدڤاوان; Obo Monuvu: ''Ingod to Kidapawan''), is a 3rd class component c ...

and Marbel.

Religious Congregations in the Archdiocese

;Men *

Oblates of Mary Immaculate The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary Congregation of Papal Right, religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a France, French priest born in Aix-en-Provence ...

* Society of Mary or Marist Fathers *Little Brothers of Mary or

Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brother ...

;Women *

Oblates of Notre Dame The Oblates of Notre Dame (OND) is a Roman catholic religious congregation based in Cotabato City, Philippines. The congregation consists of 172 religious sisters as of January 2016.. They are known for their interfaith programs in Mindanao whic ...

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* Siervas de la Nuestra Senora dela Paz * Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena *Religious des Notre Dame de Missions * Carmelite Sisters of Charity *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.

References

External links

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Archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

Christian organizations established in 1950 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church on the island of Mindanao, the Philippines. The Archdiocese includes North Cotabato (also known as the P-PALMA area) and the munici ...

1950 establishments in the Philippines Religion in Cotabato Cotabato City