Catholic Church in the Philippines
As part of the worldwide Catholic Church, the Catholic Church in the Philippines, or the Philippine Catholic Church, is under the spiritual direction of the Pope in Rome. The Philippines is one of the two nations in Asia having a substantial portion of the population professing the Catholic faith, along with East Timor, and has the third largest Catholic population in the world after Brazil and Mexico. The episcopal conference responsible in governing the faith is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
Manila Cathedral
Filipinas ready for church, 1905
The Santo Niño de Cebú, the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines. In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan gave this statue to a Cebuano chieftain that converted to Christianity
Magellan's Cross outside of the Basilica del Santo Niño, Cebu City. The Cross is a symbol of the introduction of Christianity to the islands.
Christianity in the Philippines
The Philippines is ranked as the 5th largest Christian-majority country on Earth in 2010, with about 93% of the population being adherents. As of 2019, it was the third largest Catholic country in the world and was one of two predominantly Catholic nations in Asia.
Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, Camarines Sur
Jaime Cardinal Sin, 30th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila instrumental in the 1986 People Power Revolution
Gregorio Aglipay, a co-founder and the first supreme bishop of the nationalist church Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the first-ever wholly Filipino-led independent church in the country
Felix Manalo, founder and the first Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo
