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

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, the Philippines. The archdiocese includes

North Cotabato Cotabato, formerly and still commonly referred to as North Cotabato and officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Kidapawan, the ...

(also known as the P-PALMA area) and the municipality of

Banisilan, Cotabato Banisilan, officially the Municipality of Banisilan (Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Banisilan'', Jawi: ايڠايد نو بنيسيلن; Iranun: ''Inged a Banisilan'', ايڠايد ا بنيسيلن; ; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Cotaba ...

. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in

Cotabato City Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato (Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kutawatu'', Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; Cebuano language, Cebuano: ''Dakbayan sa Cotabato''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, inde ...

. 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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato, Archbishop of Cotabato since 2019. He was Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, Apostolic Vicar of Jolo fro ...

following the retirement of Cardinal

Orlando Quevedo Orlando Beltran Quevedo (; born 11 March 1939) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2014, he was Archbishop of Cotabato from 1998 to 2018. He became a bishop in 1980. Early life Orlando Beltran Quevedo was born on ...

, 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

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. 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

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

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elevated the Diocese of Cotabato into Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotabato. Coat of arms of the Territorial Prelature of Cotabato

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 (; ; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kidapawan''; Obo language, Obo Monuvu: ''Ingod to Kidapawan''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and the capital ...

and Marbel.

Religious congregations in the archdiocese

;Men *

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

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;Women * Oblates of Notre Dame *

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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 The Carmelite Sisters of Charity (Spanish: ''Hermanas Carmelitas de la Caridad de Vedruna''; Latin: ''Institutum Sororum Carmelitarum a Caritate''; abbreviation: ''C.C.V.'' or ''C. a Ch.'') is a religious institute of pontifical right whose me ...

*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 associated ...

Christian organizations established in 1950 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotabato 1950 establishments in the Philippines Religion in Cotabato Cotabato City