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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Most Holy Name of Jesus or Cebu is one of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is considered as the Fount of Christianity in the Far-East.〔http://iec2016.ph/about-us/cebu-philippines/〕〔"Cebu—Cradle of the Philippine Church and Seat of Far-East Christianity." International Eucharistic Congress 2016, December 4, 2014, accessed December 4, 2014, http://iec2016.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Cebu%E2%80%94Cradle-of-the-Philippine-Church-and-Seat-of-Far-East-Christianity.pdf〕〔http://directory.ucanews.com/dioceses/philippines-cebu/425〕〔http://philippinechurchhistory.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/cradle-of-christianity-or-seat-of-christianity-in-the-far-east/〕 It is composed of the entire civil province of Cebu (Cebu and the nearby islands of Mactan, Bantayan, and Camotes). The Church of Cebu is the Mother-Church of the Philippines.〔〔http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03471a.htm〕〔The Church of Cebu's Basilica del Santo Niño is named by the Vatican as "mother and head of all churches in the Philippines" ''mater et caput exstitit omnium ecclesiarum Insularum Philippinarum''. See http://w2.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/la/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-vi_apl_19650401_ut-clarificetur.html.〕 The dioceses of Tagbilaran and Talibon in Bohol, the diocese of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental, and the diocese of Maasin in Southern Leyte are its suffragans. The ecclesiastical seat of the archdiocese is the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. The current archbishop is the Most Reverend José S. Palma, D.D., STD, who was recently installed on January 13, 2011. As of 2013, the archdiocese registered a total of 4,609,590 baptized Catholics.〔[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcebu.html Cebu (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]〕 It is currently the largest archdiocese in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia having the most number of Catholics, seminarians, and priests. ==History== The Mother-Church of Cebu The history of the Archdiocese of Cebu began with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Cebu in 1521.〔http://www.cebuarchdiocese.org/aboutus/history/〕 The Church anchored in that year〔Carmelo D. F. Morelos, "'Go… Make Disciples!' – A Pastoral Letter on the Fourth Centenary of the Archdioceses of Manila, Cebu, Caceres, Nueva Segovia," Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, January 29, 1994, accessed September 6, 2014, http://cbcponline.net/v2/?p=8078〕 by the native Cebuanos' profession of faith in Christ,〔Antonio Pigafetta, ''Magellan’s Voyage Around the World'', vol. 1, trans. James Alexander Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906), 159.〕 baptism,〔Antonio Pigafetta, ''Magellan’s Voyage Around the World'', vol. 1, trans. James Alexander Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906), 151-155.〕 the daily celebration of the Mass,〔Antonio Pigafetta, ''Magellan’s Voyage Around the World'', vol. 1, trans. James Alexander Robertson (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906), 157.〕 and the chaplain of the expedition, Fr. Pedro Balderrama being the legitimate pastor for their spiritual needs. However, immediately after its inception during the aftermath of Battle of Mactan, the Church of Cebu experienced decadence due to lack of shepherds to enforce and edify the natives on the faith. Most of the natives materially apostatized, while others clung unto the image of the Santo Niño de Cebúrsight of the natives was then succeeded to Fray Diego de Herrera who would later re-baptized Tupas and his servants in 1568. Adalentado Miguel Lopez de Legazpi established his government in Cebu, thus the first capital of the Philippines. The Church of Panay The Church expanded from Cebu when the remaining missionaries led by Fr. Diego de Herrera when they were forced northwest temporarily due to conflict with the Portuguese and laid the foundations of the Christian community in the Panay in around 1569.〔 The Church of Camarines In 1570 the second batch of missionaries reached Cebu. The island became the ecclesiastical "seat" as it is the center for evangelization. A notable missionary was Fr. Alfonso Jimenez, O.S.A., who travelled and penetrated the Camarines region through the islands of Masbate, Leyte, Samar, and Burias and founded the Church there. He was called the first apostle of the region.〔 The Church of Manila By 1571, Fr. Herrera who was assigned as chaplain of Legazpi, from Panay advanced further north and founded the local Church community in Manila. There Legazpi transferred the seat of government to the territory. Though, Cebu remained the spiritual capital of the country.〔 The Church of Ilocos-Cagayan On 1572 the Spaniards led by Juan de Salcedo marched from Manila further north with the second batch of Augustinian missionaries and pioneered the evangelization to the communities in the Ilocos (starting with Vigan) and the Cagayan regions.〔 Diocese of Cebu On February 6, 1579, the Philippines first diocese, the Diocese of Manila was established as a suffragan to the See of Mexico. On August 14, 1595, Pope Clement VIII in his Papal Brief ''"Super specula militantis ecclesiae"'' elevated the Diocese of Manila to archdiocese and established three new dioceses: the Diocese of Cebu, the Diocese of Caceres, and the Diocese of Nueva Segovia.〔(Philippine Star: "Fray Pedro de Agurto, OSA: The first Bishop of Cebu" By Fr. Ric Anthony Reyes, OSA (The Freeman) ) October 12, 2014〕 The Diocese of Cebu's first bishop was Pedro de Agurto, an Augustinian.〔〔 As a diocese, Cebú had a very extensive territory〔 which then included the whole of the Visayas and Mindanao and the Marianas.〔http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cebu0.htm〕 In 1865, the Santa Isabel de Jaro (Church of Panay) was separated. On April 28, 1934, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese with the Rev. Gabriel M. Reyes was its first archbishop. The archdiocese honours Our Lady of Guadalupe of Cebú as its patroness while the 2nd Filipino Saint St. Pedro Calungsod as the secondary patron saint. Since the beginning of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, most number of its presidents are prelates from the archdiocese (Cardinal Julio Rosales in 1961–1966 and re-elected 1974–1976, Cardinal Ricardo Vidal in 1985–1987, and Archbishop Jose Palma in 2011-2013), also the first chairman of its predecessor the Catholic Welfare Organization who is Archbishop Gabriel Reyes (1945-1949 and 1950-1952). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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