ARCHDIOCESE OF JARO

(Archidiocesis Jarensis)

Suffragans: Bacolod, San Jose de Antique, San Carlos, Kabankalan

The Archdiocese of Jaro it the fifth oldest diocese in the country. It was created a diocese by virtue of a papal bull of Pope Pius IX on May 27, 1865.

Bishop Mariano Cuartero, A Domincan, took possession of the diocese of April 25, 1868. The new diocese then included the entire island of Panay (today's Capiz, Aklan, Iloilo and Antique provinces), Negros Island, Romblon and Palawan in the Visayas; Jolo, Zamboanga, Cotabato and Davao in the island of Mindanao.

This vast territory was later divided to form new ecclesiastical jurisdictions: Zamboanga in 1910, Bacolod in 1933, Capiz in 1951 and San Jose De Antique in 1962.

On June 29, 1951, a papal bull by His Holiness Pope Piux XII raised Jaro to an Archdiocese which comprises the civil Province and City of Iloilo and Province of Guimaras. The suffragans of the archdiocese are the dioceses of Bacolod, San Jose de Antique, San Carlos and Kabankalan.

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APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF JOLO

(Vicariatus Apostolicus Jolo)

Suffragan of Zamboanga

Created Apostolic Prefecture: October 28, 1953

Elevated to Apostolic Vicariate: July 12, 1958

Comprises the whole Province of Sulu and the entire Province of Tawi-tawi with its 464 island and islets

Titular: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16