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Military ordinariate Filippine, Philippines

Military Ordinariate of Filippine

The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines is a Latin rite jurisdiction serving Catholics in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Coast Guard. Erected by Pope Pius XII on 8 December 1950 as a military vicariate, it was elevated to a military ordinariate in 1986 under the apostolic constitution Spirituale militum curae. Its principal church is the Saint Ignatius of Loyola Military Cathedral.

On the map

Esri
Filippine, Philippines, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1950
Priests
145

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Oscar Jaime L. Florencio

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The cathedral

Saint Ignatius of Loyola Military Cathedral stands in Filippine, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Serving the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and the Philippine Coast Guard, the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Its care extends to all military, police, and coast guard personnel, their dependents, and the civilian human resources of every branch of the armed forces. The Immaculate Conception is its titular patron, with Ignatius of Loyola and John of Capistrano as secondary patrons.