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Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the Philippines

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This is a historical list of all bishops of the Catholic Church whose sees were within the present-day boundaries of the Philippines, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. The list covers from the establishment of the Diocese of Manila in 1579 up until the present.

The list is arranged according to the date of their consecration/ordination to the episcopate. For cases of bishops who governed a foreign diocese before their assignment to the Philippines, they are arranged according to the date when they are transferred to a diocese within the country, with the date of their consecration in parentheses. Non-numbered names are priests who were appointed as bishop but were not able to receive episcopal consecration due to certain reasons, however they are considered as part of the episcopal list of their respective dioceses by virtue of their appointment. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Manila is written "IV Manila". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. The number listed first represents the principal consecrator. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops from outside the Philippines (the list of foreign sees is at the bottom of the page). Where the letter "F" is used, it indicates that a priest who was not a bishop assisted in the consecration.

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Chart of episcopal succession

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Spanish era (1581-1898)

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Domingo de Salazar (1) is the first bishop of the Diocese of Manila.
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Bishop Andrés Ferrero y Malo de San José (80) is the last Spanish bishop to leave the Philippines after its annexation to the United States. He resigned from his post as Bishop of Jaro in 1903.
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American era and World War II (1898-1946)

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Dennis Joseph Dougherty (81) is the first American bishop assigned to the Philippines.
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Jorge Barlin (85) is the first Filipino to be consecrated bishop.
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Post-colonial Period (1946)

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Rufino Jiao Santos (116) became the first Filipino cardinal in 1960.
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Second Vatican Council and aftermath (1963-1999)

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Antonio Yapsutco Fortich (160) was the third bishop of Bacolod. He was known for upholding human and labor rights in Negros during the Marcos era.
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Jaime Lachica Sin (161) became the third Filipino cardinal. He led the protest against the Marcos regime during the 1986 EDSA Revolution.
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Third Millennium (2000-present)

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Socrates Buenaventura Villegas (292) became the archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan on November 4, 2009.
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (295), former archbishop of Manila from 2011 to 2020, was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in 2019, and Pro-Prefect of the Section for the First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization in 2022.
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Abbreviations and notes

Foreign consecrators

  • AA=Bishop of Tlaxcala
  • AB=Archbishop of Mexico
  • AC=Archbishop of Seville
  • AD=Bishop of Michoacán
  • AE=Titular Bishop of Calydon
  • AF=Bishop of Macau
  • AG=Bishop of Trujillo
  • AH=Titular Bishop of Sinopoli
  • AI=Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
  • AJ=Titular Bishop of Botrys
  • AK=Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia
  • AL=Titular Bishop of Miletopolis
  • AM=Titular Archbishop of Tyana
  • AN=Patriarch of West Indies
  • AO=Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
  • AP=Titular Bishop of Theveste
  • AQ=Archbishop of Zaragoza
  • AR=Bishop of Ávila
  • AS=Archbishop of Toledo
  • AT=Bishop of Pamplona(-Tudela)
  • AU=Titular Bishop of Byblus
  • AV=Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
  • AW=Archbishop of Burgos
  • AX=Bishop of Lugo
  • AY=Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
  • AZ=Archbishop of Valladolid
  • BA=Bishop of Salamanca
  • BB=Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
  • BC=Bishop of Oviedo
  • BD=Titular Bishop of Tamasus
  • BE=Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
  • BF=Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
  • BG=Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
  • BH=Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino
  • BI=Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
  • BJ=Titular Bishop of Troas
  • BK=Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
  • BL=Titular Archbishop of Tyana
  • BM=Titular Archbishop of Melitene
  • BN=Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
  • BO=Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
  • BP=Bishop of Erie
  • BQ=Titular Bishop of Scilium
  • BR=Bishop of Saint Augustine
  • BS=Bishop of Little Rock
  • BT=Bishop of Mobile
  • BU=Archbishop of Tuam
  • BV=Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh
  • BW=Bishop of Elphin
  • BX=Bishop of Fort Wayne
  • BY=Bishop of Grand Rapids
  • BZ=Bishop of La Crosse
  • CA=Titular Bishop of Azotus
  • CB=Titular Archbishop of Dramas
  • CC=Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc)
  • CC=Bishop of Breda
  • CE=Titular Bishop of Azotus
  • CF=Archbishop of New York
  • CG=Titular Bishop of Eumenia
  • CH=Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia
  • CI=Titular Archbishop of Myra
  • CJ=Titular Archbishop of Dara
  • CK=Archbishop of Fuzhou
  • CL=Bishop of Hong Kong
  • CM=Bishop of Meath
  • CN=Bishop of Nancheng
  • CO=Titular Bishop of Sebela
  • CP=Archbishop of Philadelphia
  • CQ=Titular Bishop of Sassura
  • CR=Titular Archbishop of Perge
  • CS=Bishop of Yuanling
  • CT=Titular Bishop of Lete
  • CU=Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
  • CV=Bishop of Buffalo
  • CW=Titular Bishop of Cotenna
  • CX=Archbishop of Utrecht
  • CY=Archbishop of Armagh
  • CZ=Titular Archbishop of Malliana
  • DA=Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore
  • DB=Titular Archbishop of Thagora
  • DC=Titular Archbishop of Maura
  • DD=Titular Bishop of Sutunurca
  • DE=Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum
  • DF=Titular Archbishop of Cadi
  • DG=Titular Archbishop of Tharros
  • DH=Titular Archbishop of Turris in Mauretania
  • DI=Titular Archbishop of Apollonia
  • DJ=Titular Archbishop of Gallesium
  • DK=Titular Archbishop of Montecorvino
  • DL=Titular Archbishop of Volturnum
  • DM=Titular Archbishop of Scala
  • DN=Titular Archbishop of Pandosia
  • DO=Titular Archbishop of Sepino
  • DP=Bishop of Greensburg
  • DQ=Titular Archbishop of Aquileia

Other abbreviations

  • F=Priest who was not a bishop
  • F(#)=Priest who was not a bishop but was consecrated bishop later
  • PP=Pope

Notes

  1. Died before receiving episcopal consecration.
  2. Later renamed Caceres
  3. Although three bishops are typically required for ordination, the Pope may issue a dispensation when co-consecrators are unavailable. See Canon 1014.
  4. Also #40 in the Mexican historical succession of bishops.
  5. Also #38 in the Mexican historical succession of bishops.
  6. Also #108 in the Mexican historical succession of bishops.
  7. Also #120 in the Mexican historical succession of bishops.
  8. Also #255 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  9. Became a cardinal only after he was assigned to a diocese outside the Philippines.
  10. Also #257 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  11. Also #291 in the United States historical succession of bishops.
  12. Declined the appointment. Later appointed as Bishop of Matanzas in Cuba.
  13. Appointed and served as prefect, but was not consecrated as bishop.
  14. Later renamed Puerto Princesa
  15. Later renamed Calapan
  16. Later renamed Lingayen-Dagupan
  17. Later renamed Baguio, elevated to a Diocese in 2004
  18. Later renamed Batanes
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