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Metropolitan see Cebu, Philippines

Archdiocese of Cebu

Nominis Iesu seu Caebuan(us)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Cebu, erected as a diocese in 1595 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1934, is one of the oldest and largest sees in the Philippines. Its suffragans are Dumaguete, Maasin, Tagbilaran, and Talibon, and Archbishop Alberto Uy was installed on September 30, 2025.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of St. Vitalis, in Cebu, Philippines.

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Established
1595
Catholics
4,700,000
Priests
348
Territory
5,088 km²

Parishes and churches

137 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Alberto Uy
Born
18 October 1966
Birthplace
Ubay

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The cathedral

Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of St. Vitalis stands in Cebu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

One of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Catholic Church in the Philippines is anchored by the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu, a Latin Church archdiocese whose more formal title is the Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Cebu. That title appears in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Nominis Iesu o Caebuana, in Filipino as Kalakhang Arkidiyosesis ng Kabanal-banalang Ngalan ni Hesus sa Cebu, in Cebuano as Arkidiyosesis Metropolitano sa Labing Balaan nga Ngalan ni Hesus sa Sugbo, and in Spanish as Arquidiocesis Metropolitano del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus de Cebu.

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