Archdiocese of Manila Archidioecesis Manilensis Arkidiyosesis ng Maynila Arquidiócesis de Manila | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Territory | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Manila |
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| Headquarters | Arzobispado de Manila Intramuros, Manila 1002 |
| Coordinates | 14°35′26″N120°58′15″E / 14.5904202°N 120.9708023°E /14.5904202; 120.9708023 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 549 km2 (212 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | Around 100 full-fledged parishes, quasi parish, 1 personal parish, chaplaincies, mission stations (malland condo chapels) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | February 6, 1579; 446 years ago (1579-02-06) (Diocese) August 14, 1595; 430 years ago (1595-08-14) (Archdiocese) |
| Cathedral | Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Patroness | Immaculate Conception |
| Secular priests | 256 |
| Language | English andFilipino |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Cardinal Jose Advincula, O.P. |
| Suffragans | |
| Vicar General | Reginald R. Malicdem |
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| Bishops emeritus | Archbishops: Auxiliary Bishops: |
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 Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines | |
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| Archdiocese of Manila | |
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TheArchdiocese of Manila (Latin:Archidioecesis Manilensis;Filipino:Arkidiyosesis ng Maynilà;Spanish:Arquidiócesis de Manila) is aarchdiocese of theLatin Church of theCatholic Church inMetro Manila, Philippines, covering the cities ofManila,Makati,Mandaluyong,Pasay, andSan Juan, theEmbo barangays ofTaguig that are formerly part of Makati, andEDSA Shrine inQuezon City. Itsepiscopal see is theMinor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Manila Cathedral, located inIntramuros, the old colonial city of Manila. TheBlessed Virgin Mary, under thetitle of theImmaculate Conception, is principalpatroness of the archdiocese as well as the country.
The Archdiocese of Manila is the oldest in the Philippines, created in 1579 as a diocese and elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese in 1595. Since its last territorial changes in 2003, the Archdiocese of Manila is themetropolitan see of theecclesiastical province of the same name, which includes seven dioceses in other parts of theNational Capital Region such asAntipolo (Marikina),Cubao,Kalookan,Novaliches,Parañaque,Malolos (Valenzuela), andPasig, as well as four dioceses in the surroundingprovinces ofCavite (Diocese of Imus),Rizal (Diocese of Antipolo),Bulacan (Diocese of Malolos), andLaguna (Diocese of San Pablo).
In addition, the archdiocese is alsode facto overseer of theMilitary Ordinariate of the Philippines, as well as theApostolic Vicariates ofPuerto Princesa andTaytay inPalawan, alongside allexempt dioceses of theHoly See (with the vicariates under the jurisdiction of theDicastery for Evangelization).
The archdiocese also owns, operates, and manages variousextraterritorial assets andtemporalities, such as the radio stationDZRV Radio Veritas 846 kHz along with Our Lady of Veritas Chapel (both inQuezon City) and its transmitter (Taliptip,Bulakan); the Mount Peace and Saint Michael retreat houses (Baguio City andAntipolo City); and Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Seminary of theNeocatechumenal Way (Parañaque City) located at the dioceses ofCubao,Malolos,Baguio,Antipolo, andParañaque, respectively. Additionally, the archdiocese is among the top 100 shareholders of theBank of the Philippine Islands.[5]
Since June 24, 2021, CardinalJosé Fuerte Advíncula has been the 33rd Archbishop of Manila.[6]
Per the efforts ofconquistadorMartín de Goiti – who founded theCity of Manila by uniting the dominions ofSulayman III ofNamayan, Sabag,Rajah AcheMatanda ofMaynila who was a vassal to theSultan of Brunei, andLakan Dula ofTondo who was a tributary toMing dynasty China – the Diocese of Manila was established on February 6, 1579, through thepapal bullIllius Fulti Præsidio byPope Gregory XIII, encompassing allSpanish colonies in Asia as asuffragan of theArchdiocese of Mexico. FrayDomingo de Salazar, aDominican from the Convent of San Sebastian inSalamanca, Spain, was selected by KingPhilip II of Spain to be bishop of the new diocese and was presented to the pope.[7][8]
Over the course of history and growth of Catholicism in the Philippines, the diocese was elevated in rank and new dioceses had been carved from its territory. On August 14, 1595,Pope Clement VIII raised the diocese to the status of an archdiocese withBishopIgnacio Santibáñez its first archbishop. Three new dioceses were created assuffragans to Manila:Nueva Cáceres,Nueva Segovia, andCebu. With the creation of these new dioceses, the territory of the archdiocese was reduced to the city of Manila and the adjoiningcivil provinces in proximity includingMindoro Island. It was bounded to the north by theDiocese of Nueva Segovia, to the south by theDiocese of Cebu, and to the southeast by theDiocese of Nueva Cáceres.[9]
During the Spanish period, the archdiocese was ruled by a succession ofSpanish andLatino archbishops. In the 1600s, Fr. Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga conducted a census of the Archdiocese of Manila, which encompassed most of Luzon, and he reported 90,243 native Filipino tributes;[10]: 539 10,512 Chinese (Sangley) and mixedChinese Filipinomestizo tributes;[10]: 537 and 10,517 mixedSpanish Filipinomestizo tributes.[10]: 539 Pure Spaniards were excluded as they were exempt from tribute, with each tribute representing an average family of 6. Out of these, Martínez extrapolated a total population count exceeding half a million souls.[10]: 537
The 1762British occupation of Manila during theSeven Years' War saw the temporary conversion of SultanAzim ud-Din I of Sulu to Catholicism, the massive looting and destruction ofecclesiastical treasures, as well as the burning of churches byBritish soldiers,Sepoy mercenaries, and rebellious Chinese residents inBinondo. This episode was particularly damaging to Philippine scholarship as the monasteries holding archives and artefacts on the pre-colonial Philippine Rajahnates, Kedatuans, Sultanates, Lakanates, and Wangdoms and their conversion to Catholicism were either burnt, lost, or looted. An example would be theBoxer Codex, whose earliest ownerLord Giles of Ilchester had inherited it from an ancestor who stole it during the British Occupation.[11]
Nevertheless, peace was subsequently restored after, Catholic religious orders became the powerful driving force in the Archdiocese of Manila (with the exception of theJesuits who weretemporarily suppressed in Spanish lands due to their role in anti-imperialist movements inLatin America like theParaguayan Reductions). Local Filipino secular clergy resented the foreign religious orders due to their near-monopoly of ecclesiastical positions, which violated the declarations of theCouncil of Trent, stating that once an place is no longer a missionary area but a regular diocese, friars are to surrender parishes to secular priests.[12] However, upon the suppression of the Jesuits, theRecollect Order took over the former’s parishes and surrendered their parishes to local secular clergy, temporarily assuaging Filipino yearnings.[12] However upon the restoration of the Jesuits, the Recollects were forced to retake their parishes from the secular priests. The opposition of the religious orders against an autonomous diocesan clergy independent of them lead to the martyrdom of Filipino diocesan priestsMariano Gómez,José Burgos,Jacinto Zamora – collectively known asGomburza –who were wrongly implicated in theCavite Mutiny. This stemmed from fears that, because the priestMiguel Hidalgo lead theMexican war of independence against Spain, the same could happen in the Philippines.[12] Furthermore,Governor-GeneralRafael Izquierdo y Gutiérrez, who was aFreemason, upheld the vow to protect his Masonic brothers upon discovering the Mutiny was led by some of them (Máximo Innocencio, Crisanto de los Reyes, and Enrique Paraíso), and so shifted the blame to theGomburza since they had inspired ethnic pride among Filipinos with their clerical campaign.[12] Izquierdo asked the Catholic hierarchy in the person of Archbishop of Manila Gregorio Melitón Martínez to have them declaredheretics anddefrocked, but the latter he refused as he believed in the trio’s innocence. As the colonial government executed the Gomburza, church bells across the colony were rung in mourning.[12] This inspired theJesuit-educated nationalistJosé Rizal to formLa Liga Filipina, to seek reforms from Spain and recognition of local clergy.
Rizal himself was executed in 1896 andLa Liga Filipina dissolved. As cries for reform were ignored, formerly loyal Filipinos were radicalized and the 1896Philippine revolution was triggered when the Spanish discovered the anti-colonial secret organisationKatipunan (formed withMasonic rites in mind despiteCatholic opposition to Freemasonry, yet were dedicated to the martyred Catholic priests as "Gomburza" was a password in theKatipunan). TheUnited States took the Philippines from Spain following the 1898Spanish–American War; this turned the fighting into the 1899–1902Philippine–American War, with manyKatipuneros devastated their fellow American Masons killed the Katipunan, as American lodges dismissed the Revolutionary Masonic lodges as "irregular" and illegitimate,[13] andPhilippine Freemasonry placed under control of theGrand Lodge of California.[14] Under American colonial control, the Catholic Church wasdisestablished as the state church of the Philippines, with the postwar period seeing some churches restored in theArt-Deco style. There was a looming threat ofapostasy andschism with the rise of anti-clericalPhilippine Freemasonry and the establishment of thePhilippine Independent Church due to Filipino anger against Spanish ecclesiastical corruption.[15] In response,Pope Leo XIII in 1902excommunicated all adherents of the Philippine Independent Church, yet supported Philippine political independence with a policy of reinforcing orthodoxy and reconciliation. This resulted in a majority of Filipinos remaining infull communion with theHoly See, and a good number of those who had left the Church returning.
On April 10, 1910,Pope Pius X carved out from Manila theDiocese of Lipa, with jurisdiction over the provinces ofBatangas,Tayabas,Marinduque,Laguna andMindoro, and some parts ofMasbate. In May 1928,Pope Pius XI established theDiocese of Lingayen, using territory from Manila and Nueva Segovia. In this creation, twenty-six parishes were separated from Manila.
December 8, 1941, marked the beginning of theJapanese occupation of the Philippines.[16]World War II marked a period of irreplaceable loss to the Archdiocese of Manila. The combination of violent theft and arson done by the Japanese and indiscriminatecarpet bombing by theAmericans during theBattle of Manila (1945) led to the permanent loss of many Gothic, Art-Deco, andEarthquake Baroque churches.[17] Interestingly, then-FatherRufino Jiao Santos (a future Archbishop of Manila) was taken captive by the Japanese, but was saved by combined Filipino and American forces.
In the aftermath of the war, in September 1942,Pope Pius XII declaredOur Lady of Immaculate Conception as thePrincipal Patroness of the Philippines by virtue of thepapal bull,Impositi Nobis, along withPudentiana andRose of Lima as secondary patrons.[18]
Due to the heavy damages resulting from World War II, the Manila Cathedral underwent major rebuilding from 1946 to 1958. The Parish ofSan Miguel served as temporarypro-cathedral until the Manila Cathedral was reopened and consecrated in 1958.
On December 11, 1948, the Apostolic ConstitutionProbe Noscitur further divided the Archdiocese of Manila by placing the northern part of the local church in the newDiocese of San Fernando. On November 25, 1961, the Archdiocese of Manila was again partitioned with the creation of theDiocese of Malolos for the province ofBulacan in the north and theDiocese of Imus for the province ofCavite to the south.
Pope John Paul II declared theManila Cathedral aminor basilica in 1981 through themotu proprio Quod ipsum, issued as a papal bull.[19] In 1983, the province ofRizal, the city ofMarikina, and northeastern portions ofPasig, were placed under the newDiocese of Antipolo.
The archdiocese witnessed many grace-filled church events such as the Second Synod of Manila (1911), the Third Synod of Manila (1925), the 33rdInternational Eucharistic Congress (1937), the First Plenary Council of the Philippines (1953), the papal visit ofPope Paul VI (1970), the Fourth Synod of Manila (1979), the papal visits ofPope John Paul II (the first in 1981 and the second in1995), the National Marian Year (1985), the National Eucharistic Year (1987), the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (1991), the Second Provincial Council of Manila (1996), the Fourth World Meeting of Families (2003), and the papal visit ofPope Francis (2015).
With the increasing population ofthe metropolis, CardinalJaime Sin, its thirtieth archbishop, requested Pope John Paul II to divide the Archdiocese since according to him, the "ecclesiastical area was too big, too extensive, too populous, and too complex for one archbishop to handle properly".[20] In response, the Vatican carved out two more dioceses from the Archdiocese in 2002: theDiocese of Novaliches and theDiocese of Parañaque. In 2003, three more dioceses were erected:Cubao,Kalookan, andPasig.
The arms of the metropolitan see of Manila is an adaptation of thearms granted byPhilip II ofSpain to theinsigne y siempre leal ("distinguished and ever loyal") city ofManila in 1596. The silver crescent represents theImmaculate Conception, patroness of theManila Cathedral and of the entire Philippines. The tower representsGod as described inPsalm 60:turris fortis contra inimicum (turris fortitudinis a facie inimici in the Galician psalter), and its three windows represent theBlessed Trinity:Father,Son andHoly Ghost. Thesea lion represents thePhilippines, then anultramar (overseas) territory of Spain, and thepilgrim's cross which may be easily fixed on the ground symbolizes both the faith of the Filipino people and their missionary role in spreading the faith.[21]
Theseat of the archbishop is atManila Cathedral. The Archbishop of Manila is widely regarded (de facto) as theprimate of theCatholic Church in the Philippines.[22] The archdiocese has held the title "Metropolitan of the Philippines" (Spanish:Metropolitano de las Islas Filipinas) since its elevation in 1595.[23]
After the first Bishop of ManilaDomingo de Salazar, the diocese became an archdiocese and there have been nineteen archbishops of Spanish origin. In 1903, the archdiocese received its firstAmerican archbishop,Jeremiah James Harty fromSt. Louis, Missouri. After him, the loneIrishmanMichael J. O'Doherty was appointed in 1916, leading the church asFilipinos petitioned for sovereignty from the United States, and through theJapanese occupation duringWorld War II.
When O'Doherty died after Philippine independence in July 1946,coadjutor archbishopGabriel Reyes became the first native Filipino in the position. Reyes' successor, ArchbishopRufino Jiao Santos, became the first Filipinocardinal in 1960. Since him, all archbishops have been of Filipino origin and are customarily made cardinals.
After the departure of Cardinal-ArchbishopLuis Antonio Tagle to become prefect ofCongregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on February 9, 2020,Auxiliary BishopBroderick Pabillo wasapostolic administrator for 17 months during theCOVID-19 pandemic. Tagle's successor, then-Archbishop of CapizJosé Fuerte Advíncula, was enthroned on June 24, 2021.[24]
| No. | Portrait | Name | Period in office | Notes | Coat of arms |
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| Bishops of Manila (February 6, 1579 – August 14, 1595) | |||||
| 1 |  | Domingo de Salazar,O.P. | February 6, 1579 – December 4, 1594 (15 years, 301 days) | Died in office |  |
| Metropolitan Archbishops of Manila (August 14, 1595 – present) | |||||
| 2 |  | Ignacio Santibáñez,O.F.M. | August 30, 1595 – August 14, 1598 (2 years, 349 days) | First archbishop, died in office | |
| 3 |  | Miguel de Benavides, O.P. | October 7, 1602 – July 26, 1605 (2 years, 292 days) | Died in office | |
| 4 |  | Diego Vázquez de Mercado | May 28, 1608 – June 12, 1616 (8 years, 15 days) | Died in office | |
| 5 | .jpg) | Miguel García Serrano,O.E.S.A. | February 12, 1618 – June 14, 1629 (11 years, 122 days) | Died in office | |
| 6 | .jpg) | Hernando Guerrero, O.E.S.A. | January 9, 1634 – July 1, 1641 (7 years, 173 days) | Died in office | |
| 7 | .jpg) | Fernando Montero Espinosa | February 5, 1646 – 1648 (approximately 2 years) | Died in office | |
| 8 | .jpg) | Miguel de Poblete Casasola | June 21, 1649 – December 8, 1667 (18 years, 170 days) | Died in office | |
| 9 |  | Juan López Galván, O.P. | November 14, 1672 – February 12, 1674 (1 year, 90 days) | Died in office | |
| 10 |  | Felipe Fernandez de Pardo, O.P. | January 8, 1680 – December 31, 1689 (9 years, 357 days) | Died in office | |
| 11 | .jpg) | Diego Camacho y Ávila | November 28, 1695 – January 14, 1704 (8 years, 47 days) | AppointedArchbishop (in personam)-Bishop of Guadalajara | |
| 12 |  | Francisco de la Cuesta,O.S.H. | April 28, 1704 – September 23, 1723 (19 years, 148 days) | AppointedArchbishop (in personam)-Bishop of Michoacán | |
| 13 | .jpg) | Carlos Bermudez de Castro | November 20, 1724 – November 13, 1729 (4 years, 358 days) | Died in office | |
| 14 |  | Juan Angel Rodríguez,O.SS.T. | December 17, 1731 – June 24, 1742 (10 years, 189 days) | Died in office | |
| 15 |  | Pedro José Manuel Martínez de Arizala, O.F.M. | February 3, 1744 – May 28, 1755 (11 years, 114 days) | Died in office | |
| 16 |  | Manuel Antonio Rojo del Río Vera | December 19, 1757 – January 30, 1764 (6 years, 42 days) | Died in office | |
| 17 |  | Basilio Tomás Sancho Hernando,Sch. P. | April 14, 1766 – December 15, 1787 (21 years, 245 days) | Died in office |  |
| 18 |  | Juan Antonio Gallego Orbigo,O.F.M. Disc. | December 15, 1788 – May 17, 1797 (8 years, 153 days) | Died in office | |
| 19 | | Juan Antonio Zulaibar, O.P. | March 26, 1804 – March 4, 1824 (19 years, 344 days) | Died in office |  |
| 20 |  | Hilarión Díez, O.E.S.A. | July 3, 1826 – May 7, 1829 (2 years, 308 days) | Died in office | |
| 21 | .jpg) | José Seguí, O.E.S.A. | July 5, 1830 – July 4, 1845 (14 years, 364 days) | Died in office | |
| 22 |  | José Julián de Aranguren,O.A.R. | January 19, 1846 – April 18, 1861 (15 years, 89 days) | Died in office |  |
| 23 | .jpg) | Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa Cruz | January 28, 1876 – January 1, 1889 (12 years, 339 days) | Died in office |  |
| 25 | .jpg) | Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa, O.P. | May 27, 1889 – February 4, 1902 (12 years, 253 days) | Resigned; subsequently appointedArcbishop of Valencia |  |
| 26 |  | Jeremiah James Harty | June 6, 1903 – May 16, 1916 (12 years, 345 days) | AppointedBishop of Omaha |  |
| 27 |  | Michael J. O'Doherty | September 6, 1916 – October 13, 1949 (33 years, 37 days) | Longest-serving archbishop; died in office |  |
| 28 | | Gabriel M. Reyes | October 13, 1949 – October 10, 1952 (2 years, 363 days) | Died in office |  |
| 29 | | Rufino J. Cardinal Santos | March 25, 1953 – September 3, 1973 (20 years, 162 days) | First Filipinocardinal, died in office |  |
| 30 |  | Jaime L. Cardinal Sin,O.F.S. | March 19, 1974 – November 21, 2003 (29 years, 247 days) | Retired |  |
| 31 |  | Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales | November 21, 2003 – December 12, 2011 (8 years, 21 days) | Retired |  |
| 32 | .jpg) | Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle | December 12, 2011 – February 9, 2020 (8 years, 59 days) | Appointed Prefect of theCongregation for the Evangelization of Peoples |  |
| 33 |  | Jose F. Cardinal Advíncula, O.P. | June 24, 2021 – present (4 years, 154 days) | .svg) | |
| No. | Portrait | Period in office | Until | Notes |
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| 1 | | Romualdo J. Ballesteros, O.P. | June 20, 1845 – January 19, 1846 (213 days) | Did not succeed to see; subsequently appointedBishop of Cebu. |
| 2 | | Gabriel M. Reyes | August 25, 1949 – October 13, 1949 (49 days) | Succeeded Archbishop Michael O'Doherty |
| No. | Picture | Name | Period in office | Titular see | Notes | Coat of arms |
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| 1 | | Ginés Barrientos, O.P. | April 9, 1680 – November 13, 1698 (18 years, 218 days) | Troas | First known auxiliary bishop | |
| 2 | | William Finnemann,S.V.D. | May 21, 1929 – December 4, 1936 (7 years, 197 days) | Sora | AppointedPrefect of Mindoro | |
| 3 |  | Cesare Maria Guerrero | December 16, 1937 – May 14, 1949 (11 years, 149 days) | Limisa | AppointedBishop of San Fernando. |  |
| 4 | | Rufino J. Santos | October 24, 1947 – February 10, 1953 (5 years, 109 days) | Barca | AppointedMilitary Vicar of the Philippines, and later, Manila's 26th Archbishop. |  |
| 5 | | Vicente P. Reyes | August 24, 1950 – January 19, 1961 (10 years, 148 days) | Aspona | AppointedBishop of Borongan |  |
| 6 | | Hernando Antiporda | October 28, 1954 – December 13, 1975 (21 years, 46 days) | Edessa in Macedonia | Died in office |  |
| 7 |  | Pedro Bantigue y Natividad | July 25, 1961 – January 26, 1967 (5 years, 185 days) | Catula | AppointedBishop of San Pablo. |  |
| 8 | | Bienvenido M. Lopez | January 22, 1967 – April 27, 1995 (28 years, 95 days) | Muteci | Longest-serving auxiliary bishop of Manila. | |
| 9 |  | Artemio G. Casas | September 4, 1968 – May 11, 1974 (5 years, 249 days) | Macriana Minor | AppointedBishop of Imus. | |
| 10 | | Amado Paulino y Hernandez | May 27, 1969 – March 9, 1985 (15 years, 286 days) | Carinola | Died in office | |
| 11 | | Gaudencio B. Rosales | October 28, 1974 – June 9, 1982 (7 years, 224 days) | Oescus | AppointedCoadjutor ofMalaybalay, later returned as archbishop | |
| 12 | | Oscar V. Cruz | May 3, 1976 – May 22, 1978 (2 years, 19 days) | Martirano | AppointedArchbishop of San Fernando | .svg) |
| 13 |  | Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P. | August 8, 1977 – October 20, 1983 (6 years, 73 days) | Elephantaria in Mauretania | AppointedArchbishop of Caceres. | |
| 14 | | Protacio G. Gungon | August 24, 1977 – January 24, 1983 (5 years, 153 days) | Obba | AppointedBishop of Antipolo | |
| 15 |  | Manuel C. Sobreviñas | May 25, 1979 – February 25, 1993 (13 years, 276 days) | Tulana | Appointed Bishop of Imus. |  |
| 16 | | Gabriel V. Reyes | April 3, 1981 – November 21, 1992 (11 years, 232 days) | Selsea | AppointedBishop of Kalibo. | |
| 17 |  | Teodoro J. Buhain Jr. | February 21, 1983 – September 23, 2003 (20 years, 214 days) | Bacanaria | Retired from office |  |
| 18 | | Juan B. Velasco Díaz, O.P. | May 1983 – July 9, 1984 (approximately 1 year) | — | AppointedBishop of Xiamen. | |
| 19 |  | Teodoro C. Bacani, O.P. | April 12, 1984 – December 7, 2002 (18 years, 239 days) | Gauriana | AppointedBishop of Novaliches |  |
| 20 | | Leoncio L. Lat | 1985 – December 12, 1992 (approximately 6 years) | Gauriana | Retired from office |  |
| 21 |  | Ramon C. Argüelles | January 6, 1994 – August 25, 1995 (1 year, 231 days) | Ros Cré | Appointed Bishop of theMilitary Ordinariate of the Philippines. | |
| 22 | | Crisostomo A. Yalung | May 31, 1994 – October 18, 2001 (7 years, 140 days) | Ficus | Appointed Bishop of Antipolo. | |
| 23 |  | Rolando Joven T. Tirona,O.C.D. | December 29, 1994 – December 14, 1996 (1 year, 351 days) | Vulturaria | AppointedBishop of Malolos. | |
| 24 | | Jesse E. Mercado | March 31, 1997 – December 7, 2002 (5 years, 251 days) | Talaptula | AppointedBishop of Parañaque. | |
| 25 |  | Socrates B. Villegas, O.P. | August 31, 2001 – May 3, 2004 (2 years, 246 days) | Nona | AppointedBishop of Balanga. |  |
| 26 | | Bernardino C. Cortez | August 20, 2004 – October 27, 2014 (10 years, 68 days) | Bladia | AppointedPrelate of Infanta. |  |
| 27 |  | Broderick S. Pabillo,S.D.B. | August 19, 2006 – June 29, 2021 (14 years, 314 days) | Sitifis | AppointedVicar Apostolic of Taytay |  |
| Diocese | Image | Bishop | Period in Office | Coat of Arms | |
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 | Antipolo (Rizal) |  | Ruperto C. Santos | July 22, 2023 – present (2 years, 126 days) | .svg) |
 | Cubao (Quezon City) | _2025-04-27.jpg) | Elias L. Ayuban, C.M.F. | December 3, 2024 – present (357 days) |  |
 | Imus (Cavite) |  | Reynaldo G. Evangelista, O.F.S. | June 5, 2013 – present (12 years, 173 days) |  |
 | Kalookan (South Caloocan,Malabon City,Navotas City) |  | Pablo Virgilio S. Cardinal David | January 2, 2016 –present (9 years, 327 days) | .svg) |
 | Malolos (Bulacan,Valenzuela City) |  | Dennis C. Villarojo | August 21, 2019 – present (6 years, 96 days) |  |
 | Novaliches (Quezon City,North Caloocan) |  | Roberto O. Gaa | August 24, 2019 – present (6 years, 93 days) |  |
 | Parañaque (Parañaque City,Las Piñas City,Muntinlupa City) | Jesse E. Mercado | January 28, 2003 – present (22 years, 301 days) |  | |
.svg) | Pasig (Pasig City,Pateros,Taguig City) |  | Mylo Hubert C. Vergara | June 23, 2011 – present (14 years, 155 days) |  |
.svg) | San Pablo (Laguna) |  | Marcelino Antonio M. Maralit | November 21, 2024 – present (1 year, 4 days) | .svg) |
The archdiocese administersSan Carlos Seminary, the archdiocesan major seminary which caters to the formation of future priests for the archdiocese and for its suffragan dioceses. Located inGuadalupe Viejo, Makati, it has a pre-college program (senior high school and formation year), a college program (A.B., philosophy), and a graduate school (master's program in theology or pastoral ministry), as well as a formation houses for future priests committed to serve the Filipino-Chinese communities in the country (Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society) and a center for adult vocations (Holy Apostles Senior Seminary). The archdiocese also operatesOur Lady of Guadalupe Minor Seminary for young men at the secondary school level. It is located a few blocks from San Carlos Seminary.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila Educational System (RCAMES) comprises 27 archdiocesan and parochial schools. The archbishop of Manila exercises authority in each member school and appoints a superintendent for the entire system to implement decisions and resolve issues. The member schools are:[25]
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