Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato

Latin Catholic archdiocese on Mindanao in the Philippines

Archdiocese of Cotabato

Archidioecesis Cotabatensis

Arkidiyosesis ng Cotabato (Tagalog)
Arkidiyosis sang Cotabato (Hiligaynon)
Artsidiyosesis sa Cotabato (Cebuano)
Arquidiócesis de Cotabato (Spanish)

Catholic

Cotabato Cathedral

Coat of arms

Location
Country| Philippines
Territory| Cotabato City; Maguindanao del Norte; Maguindanao del Sur; western Cotabato (Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit); Sultan Kudarat (except for Columbio, Milbuk, Palimbang)
Ecclesiastical province| Cotabato
Statistics
Area| 9,575 km2 (3,697 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2021)

* 2,403,120

* 1,095,170[1] (45.6%)

Information
Denomination| Catholic
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Cathedral| Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Cotabato
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop| Angelito R. Lampon
Suffragans| Cerilo Allan U. Casicas (Marbel) Jose Colin M. Bagaforo (Kidapawan)
Bishops emeritus| Cardinal Orlando Quevedo
(Archbishop, 1998-2018)
Map

Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.

The Archdiocese of Cotabato is a Latin Catholic metropolitan archdiocese 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 municipality of Banisilan, Cotabato.

Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Cotabato City. The Archbishop's Palace is at 158 Sinsuat Avenue, Rosary Heights, Cotabato City.

Its current archbishop is Angelito Lampon following the retirement of Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on 6 November 2018. He was installed on January 31, 2019.[2]

## History

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On 11 August 1950, the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato and Sulu was formed out of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamboanga. The Territorial prelature 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. It lost territory again on 17 December 1960 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Marbel.

On 5 November 1979, Pope John Paul II elevated the Diocese of Cotabato into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotabato.

Coat of arms of the then-Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.

## Ordinaries

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### Metropolitan archbishops

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Archbishop | Period in Office | Coat of Arms

|
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1. |  | Gerard Mongeau | March 27, 1951 - 12 June 1976 (as Territorial Prelate of Cotabato and Sulu and Territorial Prelate of Cotabato)
(25 years, 77 days)
12 June 1976 - 5 November 1979 (as Bishop of Cotabato)
(3 years, 146 days)
5 November 1979 - 14 March 1980 (as Archbishop of Cotabato)
(130 days) |
2. |  | Philip F. Smith | 14 March 1980 - 30 May 1998
(18 years, 77 days) |
3. |  | Orlando B. Quevedo | 30 May 1998 - 6 November 2018
(20 years, 160 days) |
4. |  | Angelito Lampon | (6 November 2018[3] – present)
((6 years, 281 days)) |

### Auxiliary bishops

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Bishop | Period in Office | Coat of Arms

|
|

1. |  | Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno | 11 July 1969 (appointed) - 11 December 1979 (resigned) |
2. |  | José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo | 2 Feb 2006 (appointed) - 25 July 2016 (appointed Bishop of Kidapawan)  |

## Province

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Its ecclesiastical province comprises the metropolitan's own archbishopric and the suffragan dioceses of Kidapawan and Marbel.

## Religious congregations in the archdiocese

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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
* 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

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* Catholic Church in the Philippines

## References

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1. ^ "Cotabato (Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese)". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
2. ^ "New Cotabato archbishop installed amid tight security". CBCPNews. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
3. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 06.11.2018". Bolletino Quotidiano (in Italian). Sala Stampa della Santa Sede. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

## External links

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* Official website
* GCatholic, with incumbent bio links
* Catholic Hierarchy

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Archdiocese of Cotabato

Archidioecesis Cotabatensis

Territories|

* Cotabato City
* Maguindanao del Norte
* Maguindanao del Sur
* western Cotabato (Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Libungan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit)
* Sultan Kudarat (except for Columbio, Milbuk, Palimbang)

Ordinaries|

* Gerard Mongeau
* Philip F. Smith
* Orlando Quevedo
* Angelito Lampon
* Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno
* José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo

Cathedral|

* Immaculate Conception

Shrine|

| Archdiocesan|

* Santo Niño (Midsayap)

|

Parishes|

| Vicariate
of Cotabato|

* Immaculate Conception
* Our Lady of Guadalupe Quasi-Parish (Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte)
* Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
* Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Parang, Maguindanao del Norte)
* Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Landasan, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte)
* Our Lady of Salvation (South Upi)
* Pope John Paul II (Villamonte, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat)
* Pope John Paul II (Basak, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat)
* Queenship of Mary (Lebak)
* Mary, Queen of Peace
* San Carlos Borromeo (Datu Odin Sinsuat)
* San Isidro Labrador (Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat)
* San Isidro Labrador (Upi, Maguindanao del Norte)
* San Vicente Ferrer
* Sta. Teresita (Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur)
* St. Joseph the Worker

|

Vicariate
of Midsayap|

* Santo Niño (Midsayap)
* Immaculate Conception (Alamada)
* Immaculate Conception (Pikit)
* San Blas (Pigcawayan)
* San Isidro Labrador (Libungan)
* San Lorenzo Ruiz (Aleosan)
* St. Joseph (Banisilan)

Vicariate
of Tacurong|

* Nuestra Señora de Candelaria
* Our Lady of Guadalupe (Masiag, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat)
* Our Lady of Guadalupe (President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat)
* Our Lady of Guadalupe Quasi Parish (Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte)
* Our Lady of Hope (Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat)
* Our Lady of Peñafrancia Quasi-Parish
* San Carlos Borromeo (Isulan)
* San Pedro Calungsod
* San Miguel Archangel (Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat)
* San Nicholas de Tolentino (Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat)
* Santo Niño (Sen. Benigno Aquino, Sultan Kudarat)
* St. Catherine of Alexandria (Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat)
* San Roque Quasi Parish

Suffragan
dioceses|

* Marbel
* Kidapawan

* Catholicism portal
* Philippines portal

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Catholic dioceses in the Philippines

Listed by ecclesiastical province with the metropolitan archdioceses in yellow and their suffragan dioceses in white

Cáceres|

* Daet
* Legazpi
* Libmanan
* Masbate
* Sorsogon
* Virac

Cagayan de Oro|

* Butuan
* Malaybalay
* Prosperidad
* Surigao
* Tandag

Capiz|

* Kalibo
* Romblon

Cebu|

* Dumaguete
* Maasin
* Tagbilaran
* Talibon

Cotabato|

* Kidapawan
* Marbel

Davao|

* Digos
* Mati
* Tagum

Jaro|

* Bacolod
* Kabankalan
* San Carlos
* San José de Antique

Lingayen-Dagupan|

* Alaminos
* Cabanatuan
* San Fernando de La Union
* San Jose
* Urdaneta

Lipa|

* Boac
* Gumaca
* Lucena
* Prelature of Infanta

Manila|

* Antipolo
* Cubao
* Imus
* Kalookan
* Malolos
* Novaliches
* Parañaque
* Pasig
* San Pablo

Nueva Segovia|

* Baguio
* Bangued
* Laoag

Ozamis|

* Dipolog
* Iligan
* Pagadian
* Prelature of Marawi

Palo|

* Borongan
* Calbayog
* Catarman
* Naval

San Fernando|

* Balanga
* Iba
* Tarlac

Tuguegarao|

* Bayombong
* Ilagan
* Prelature of Batanes

Zamboanga|

* Ipil
* Prelature of Isabela

Apostolic vicariates|

* Bontoc-Lagawe
* Calapan
* Jolo
* Puerto Princesa
* San Jose in Mindoro
* Tabuk
* Taytay

Military ordinariate|

* Military Ordinariate of the Philippines

Other|

* Chinese-Filipino Catholic Apostolate in the Philippines

* Catholicism portal

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Notre Dame Educational Association

Luzon|

* Marist School (Marikina)
* Notre Dame of Greater Manila

Visayas|

* Notre Dame of Abuyog
* Notre Dame of Bago
* Notre Dame Academy of Guimaras
* Notre Dame Academy of Iloilo
* Notre Dame Academy of San Fernando
* Notre Dame of Talisay

Mindanao
(incomplete list)|

* Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato
* Notre Dame - Siena College of General Santos City
* Notre Dame-Siena College of Polomolok
* Notre Dame - Siena College of Tacurong
* Notre Dame – Sienna School of Marbel
* Notre Dame Center of Catechesis
* Notre Dame Hospital & School of Midwifery
* Notre Dame of Arakan
* Notre Dame of Cotabato
* Notre Dame of Dadiangas University
* Integrated Basic Education Department
* Notre Dame of Dukay
* Notre Dame of Dulawan
* Notre Dame of Esperanza
* Notre Dame of Genio Edcor Inc.
* Notre Dame of Isulan
* Notre Dame of Jolo College
* Notre Dame of Kabacan
* Notre Dame of Kalamansig
* Notre Dame of Katiko
* Notre Dame of Kiamba
* Notre Dame of Kidapawan College
* Notre Dame of Kulaman
* Notre Dame of Lambayong
* Notre Dame of Libungan
* Notre Dame of Magpet
* Notre Dame of Makilala
* Notre Dame of Marbel University
* Notre Dame of Masiag
* Notre Dame of Matalam
* Notre Dame of Midsayap College
* Notre Dame of Mlang
* Notre Dame of Parang
* Notre Dame of Pigcawayan
* Notre Dame of Pikit
* Notre Dame of Salaman College
* Notre Dame of Sarmiento
* Notre Dame of Surala
* Notre Dame of Tacurong College
* Notre Dame of Tulunan
* Notre Dame of Upi
* Notre Dame University, Cotabato
* St. Mary's Academy of Kidapawan
* St. Mary's Academy of Midsayap

International
affiliate schools|

* Catholic University of America
* De Mazenod College, Sri Lanka (co-administered by the De La Salle Brothers)
* Iona College Queensland
* Mazenod College, Victoria
* Basilica College
* Mazenod College, Western Australia
* St. Paul University, Ottawa
* University of Notre Dame Australia
* University of Notre Dame, Indiana
* University of Ottawa, Canada
* University of Saint Mary of the Lake

Religious congregations
and
juridical jurisdictions|

* Augustinian Recollect Sisters (AR)
* Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena (OP)
* Marist Brothers (FMS)
* Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)
* Oblates of Notre Dame (OND)
* Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM)
* Sisters of Paul of Chartres (SPC)
* Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (PM)
* Archdiocese of Cotabato
* Diocese of Kidapawan
* Diocese of Marbel
* Vicariate of Jolo

Others|

* Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation
* Notre Dame Hymn (Notre Dame, Our Mother)
* Notre Dame March

* Catholicism portal

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