Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato

Template:Short description Template:Template other 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 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.

History

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.

File:Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg

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

Ordinaries

Metropolitan archbishops

Archbishop			Period in Office	Coat of Arms
1.	File:Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg	Gerard Mongeau	March 27, 1951 - 12 June 1976 (as Territorial Prelate of Cotabato and Sulu and Territorial Prelate of Cotabato) (Template:Ayd) 12 June 1976 - 5 November 1979 (as Bishop of Cotabato) (Template:Ayd) 5 November 1979 - 14 March 1980 (as Archbishop of Cotabato) (Template:Ayd)	File:Coat of arms of Gerard Mongeau.svg
2.	File:Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg	Philip F. Smith	14 March 1980 - 30 May 1998 (Template:Ayd)	File:Coat of arms of Philip Francis Smith as Archbishop of Cotabato.svg
3.	File:Cardinal Quevedo in 2016 (Crop).png	Orlando B. Quevedo	30 May 1998 - 6 November 2018 (Template:Ayd)	File:Coat of arms of Orlando Beltran Quevedo.svg
4.	File:Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Cotabato.svg	Angelito Lampon	(6 November 2018 – present) ((Template:Ayd))	File:Coat of Arms of Angelito Lampon.svg

Auxiliary bishops

Bishop			Period in Office	Coat of Arms
1.	File:Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato.svg	Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno	11 July 1969 (appointed) - 11 December 1979 (resigned)	File:Coat of arms of Antonino Francisco Nepomuceno.svg
2.	File:Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Cotabato.svg	José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo	2 Feb 2006 (appointed) - 25 July 2016 (appointed Bishop of Kidapawan)	File:Coat of arms of José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo as Auxiliary Bishop of Cotabato.svg

Province

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

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
• 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

External links

• GCatholic, with incumbent bio links
• Catholic Hierarchy