Coats of Arms of Filipino Cardinals

 

Rufino Jiao Santos†

(28 August 1908-September 3, 1973)

Archbishop of Manila

(February 10, 1953-September 3, 1973)

Created Cardinal by Pope John XXIII on March 31, 1960

with the titular church of S. Maria ai Monti

Participated in the Conclave of 1963

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Julio Rosales y Ras†

(18 September 1906-June 2, 1983)

Archbishop of Cebu

(December 17, 1949- August 24, 1982)

Created Cardinal by Pope Paul VI on  April 28, 1969

with the titular church of Cardinal Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Participated in the Conclaves of August and October 1978

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Jaime Sin†

(31 August 1928-June 21, 2005)

Archbishop of Manila

(March 19, 1974 - September 15, 2003)

Created Cardinal by Pope Paul VI on May 24, 1976

with the titular church of S. Maria ai Monti

Participated in the Conclaves of August and October 1978

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Ricardo J. Vidal†

(February 6, 1931-October 18, 2017)

Archbishop of Cebu

(August 24, 1982 - January 13, 2011)

Created Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on  May 25, 1985

with the titular church of Cardinal Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Participated in the Conclave of 2005

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José Tomás Sánchez†

(17 March 1920-March 9, 2012)

Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

(July 1, 1991 - June 15, 1996)

Created Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on  June 28, 2021

with the titular church of Cardinal Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna

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Gaudencio B. Rosales

(born August 10, 1932)

Archbishop of Manila

(November 21, 2003 - October 13, 2011)

Created Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on March 24, 2006

with the titular church of Cardinal Priest of Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina

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Luis Antonio G. Tagle

(born June 21, 1957)

Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

(December 8, 2019 - present)

Archbishop of Manila

(October 13 2011 –  December 8 2019)

Created Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on November 24, 2012

with the titular church of Cardinal Priest of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle

Raised to the rank of Cardinal-Bishop by Pope Francis on May 1, 2020

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Orlando B. Quevedo, OMI

(born March 11, 1939)

Archbishop-Emeritus of Cotabato

(30 May 1998-6 November 2018)

Created Cardinal by Pope Francis on February 22, 2014

with the titular church of Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria "Regina Mundi" in Torre Spaccata

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Jose F. Advincula

(born March 30, 1952)

Archbishop of Manila

(June 24, 2021 - present)

Created Cardinal by Pope Francis on November 28, 2020

with the titular church of Cardinal Priest of San Vigilio

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Portraits of Cards. Vidal, Rosales Tagle, Quevedo and Advincula - Mr. Jun Impas

Coats of Arms of Dioceses in Manila Metropolitan Province

 

Diocese of Antipolo
Diocesis Antipolensis
Diyosesis ng Antipolo

 

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo (Lat: Dioecesis Antipolensis; Filipino: Diyosesis ng Antipolo) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the Philippines that comprises the Province of Rizal and the city of Marikina in Metro Manila.

On January 24, 1983, during his Angelus message, Pope John Paul II announced the creation of the Diocese of Antipolo, which would encompass the whole province of Rizal, the entire Marikina, and part of Pasig (Barangays Dela Paz, Santolan, Manggahan, Rosario, and Santa Lucia, which altogether formed the Vicariate of Santo Tomas de Villanueva, now belonging to the Diocese of Pasig). It is an area that was previously known in the Archdiocese of Manila as the Ecclesiastical District of Eastern Rizal. The diocese was canonically established on the June 25, 1983 and is a suffragan of the said archdiocese.

The first bishop of Antipolo was Protacio G. Gungon. On December 3, 2001, he was succeeded by Crisostomo Yalung as the second bishop, followed by Gabriel V. Reyes, former Bishop of Kalibo in Aklan, as the third bishop. Bishop Reyes was assisted by the then-auxiliary and later coadjutor bishop, Francisco M. De Leon, who was named his successor and fourth bishop effective September 10, 2016.

The diocese had its First Diocesan Synod in 1993 held at Saint Michael's Retreat House in Antipolo City. The diocese has experienced some jurisdictional changes since the time the Diocese of Pasig was created, whereby six parishes within the civil boundaries of Pasig were given to the new local church, together with seven diocesan priests serving in them.

At present, the Diocese of Antipolo is considered to be one of the largest local churches in the Philippines in terms of its Catholic population. Among the 86 ecclesiastical jurisdictions present in the Philippines today, the diocese is the third largest local church in terms of its Catholic population after the Archdiocese of Cebu, and the Diocese of Malolos (Bulacan and Valenzuela City). The population of the whole area covering the diocese is 3,650,000, of which 3,280,000 (or 90%) are Catholics. The seat or center of the diocese is the Antipolo Cathedral, one of the most popular Marian shrines in the country where the historic Canonically crowned image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje) (the Virgin of Antipolo) is enshrined.

Credits: Wikipedia/Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo

Diocese of Cubao
Diocesis Cubaoenensis
Diyosesis ng Cubao

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao (Latin: Dioecesis Cubaoensis) is a diocese of the western Latin Church of the Catholic Church in district of Cubao in Quezon City, in northern Metro Manila, Philippines. The diocese was created by Pope John Paul II on June 28, 2003[1] from the Ecclesiastical District of Cubao of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. It was canonically erected on August 28, 2003, with the installation of Honesto Flores Ongtioco as the first Bishop of Cubao.

The diocese is composed of 45 full parishes including three national shrines, two minor basilicas; two quasi-parishes; one non-parochial diocesan shrine; and one mission station. These are clustered into six separate vicariates.

Credits: Wikipedia/Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao

Coats of Arms of Dioceses in Capiz Metropolitan Province

 

The Archdiocese of Capiz

 The Diocese of Romblon

                                                                   The Diocese of Kalibo

Coats of Arms of Dioceses in Cagayan de Oro Metropolitan Province

 

The Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

 

The Diocese of Surigao

The Diocese of Malaybalay

The Diocese of Butuan

The Diocese of Tandag

Coats of Arms of Dioceses established during the American Period

 Prot. n. 006/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa

(Erected  April 10, 1910)

The cross and arrows are symbols of Saint Sebastian the Martyr, patron of the cathedral. The two white long-stemmed lilies are symbols of Saint Joseph, head of the Holy Family, to whom the faithful of the diocese are ardently devoted. The bottom of the shield shows the lake and volcano of Taal in Batangas.

Former coat of Arms of the then-diocese of Lipa

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 Prot. n. 007/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calbayog

(Erected  April 10, 1910)

 Prot. n. 008/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao

(Erected  April 10, 1910)

The crossed keys and inverted cross are symbols of Saint Peter, titular of the cathedral. The blue wavy pale represents the Cagayan River while the silver fleur-de-lys in its center represents Our Lady of Piat. The fertile Cagayan Valley and the high mountain ranges hemming it on east (Sierra Madre) and west (Cordilleras) are represented by green fields and the mountains drawn in Italian heraldic style. Tuguegarao, the seat of the archdiocese, etymologically means "fire at daytime" (tuguig, arao): hence the sun and the symbols of fire.

 Prot. n. 009/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zamboanga

(Erected  April 10, 1910)

 Prot. n. 010/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa

(Erected  April 10, 1910)

The two lilies represent Saint Joseph, the Patron Saint whom the founding Augustinian Recollect Fathers dedicated the local church of Palawan. The crescent represents the Immaculate Conception, the patroness of the cathedral. The fort is actually crowned with the fortification (Fort Santa Isabel) built by the Augustinian Recollect Fathers to protect their mission and their faithful from depredations of the Moros from the south.

 Prot. n. 011/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

(Erected  May 19, 1928)

The nimbed silver eagle is the symbol of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist, the titular of the cathedral at Dagupan. The three gold Oriental crowns represent the Three Wise Kings, the titular of the co-cathedral at Lingayen. The red wavy pile represents the Lingayen Gulf. The green field represents the "rice-bowl" of the Philippines, the whole of Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija. The three heraldic roses represent our Lady whose shrine in Manaoag is the jewel of the archdiocese.

 Prot. n. 012/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod

(Erected  July 15, 1932)

The shield is divided fesswise into two fields. On chief or (gold) are two crossed arrows debruised by an upright Latin cross argent (silver), the symbols of St. Sebastian, martyr, titular of the both the diocese and cathedral of Bacolod. On a field of azure (blue) at base, the cathedral of Bacolod on a knoll and a sugarcane stalk with vegetation to depict the major industry of Negros Occidental. The hill where the cathedral stands is called bakólod in Hiligaynon, in which the name of the city of Bacolod is derived.

 Prot. n. 013/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

(Erected  January 20, 1933)

The flaming heart represents Saint Augustine, bishop of Hippo and Doctor of the Church, the patron saint of the cathedral. The gold wavy band symbolizes the Cagayan de Oro River after which the city gets its name. The smoking mountain is Hibok-Hibok, a well-known active and destructive volcano on Camiguin Island, which is within the territory of the archdiocese.

 Prot. n. 014/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan

(Erected  July 2, 1936)

 Prot. n. 015/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo

(Erected  November 28, 1937)

 Prot. n. 016/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Surigao

(Erected  June 3, 1939)

 Prot. n. 017/2021/PhRCD

The Coat of Arms of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tagbilaran

(Erected  November 8, 1941)

Non-ecclesiastical section: Foreign coats of Arms

 

 Prot. N. 001/2021/NEF

Non-ecclesiastical Section: Filipino coats of arms

 

 Prot. n. 001/2021/NEPh

Corporate coat of Arms of Balderas-Baviera Clan 

 

The corporate coat of arms was registered by H.E. Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escallera y Gila Marques de la Floresta and Cronista of Castille and Leon, on 11 April 2019, (Prot. n. 12/2019), for the descendants of Don Martin Balderas (Gobernadorcillo of Banate), and his wife Doña Apolonia Baviera (granddaughter of Don Felix baviera, the first Gobernadorcillo of Banate). 

Blason: Sable, three passion nails in fess surrounded by a crown of thorns, which is in turn surrounded by seven fleurs de lis in orle, all Or.

Origin of the Clan: Banate, Iloilo 

Copyright: © Balderas-Baviera Clan

Coats of Arms of Filipino Catholic Laywomen

Prot. n. 001/2021/PhCLW

The Coat of Arms of CYNTHIA “Cynch” CONCEPCION-BAGA

The armiger was born on 19 February 1955 in Iloilo City. She is the eldest of 4 children of Jose Ma. Ledesma Concepcion, Jr, of Jaro, Iloilo City and Imelda Alvarez Roldan of Roxas City, Capiz. She is a bearer of the arms of Jose Ma. Ledesma Concepcion, Jr., her father. 

Blason: Quarterly; 1 and 4, Azure a fleur de lis above a crescent moon with horns turned upward, all Or; 2 and 3, Vert a spikenard Argent; over all a cross fillet counterchanged Argent and Or.

Motto: Cynthia’s motto is “SECVNDVM VERBVM TVVM” (According to Your Word), while that of her father is “LIVE RIGHT”.

Decoration: Hanging from the ribbon of the motto is the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal.

The armiger was educated at the Iloilo American Memorial School and the Assumption-Iloilo prior to her university studies. In 1976, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree major in Psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, having been a member of the University’s 1st batch of coeds. She went on pursue a degree of Master of Science in Social Psychology with concentration in Community Development, in 1982.

Cynthia Baga is an experienced social psychologist, pastoral counselor, and trained spiritual director involved in the design and conduct of human formation programs. Much of her work is with the ongoing formation and renewal programs of priests and diocesan seminarians as well as with various men and women religious communities, all over the Philippines. Her ministry also extends to a number of Asian and international renewal programs. Her commitment to serve the Roman Catholic Church brought her to collaborate closely with the Commission on Clergy of the Archdiocese of Jaro, Iloilo and with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Clergy (CBCP-ECCler). She is also the founding directress of G.A.M.O.T. (Growth Alternatives in Managing On-going Transformation) Resources - a community of friends bonded by the passion of facilitating growth and transformation of individuals and groups, she is also affiliated with Spiritual Directors International and Center Quest.

Cynthia is also the author of “Celebrating Life Passages In Rituals” published by St Paul’s Publications.

Awards: On 12 December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI awarded the armiger with the Holy Cross of Honor “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” affirming her faithful service to the Catholic Church. She was also given recognition in Iloilo City through The Outstanding Women of Iloilo City (TOWIL) award for religious service.

Cynthia is married to Oscar Tanglao Baga of La Carlota City. They have one child, Socorro Marie Eugenie C. Baga-Valencia who is a doctor of medicine specializing in general orthopedic surgery. Her daughter Marie is married to Alistair S. Valencia and they have a daughter, Marie Aletheia Dianne.

 

Copyright: © Cynthia Concepcio-Baga

 

 

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Prot. N. 002/2021/PhCLW

 

Coat of arms of MAJA JOVER BAŇAS VDA. DE BRILLANTES

The armiger carries the coat of arms of her late husband EDUARDO MADRID BRILLANTES, which was registered by Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Marques of la Floresta and Cronista de Armas of Castille and Leon, on 28 January 2006.

 

Blason: Azure, an Eagle displayed Or charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules a cross ensigned with a coronet and in chief an estoile of eight points between two fleur-de-lis also Or.

 

Motto: Virtus solo nobilitat (Virtues alone ennobles)

The armiger is the third of eight children of Ludovico Arroyo Bañas, former Regional Superintendent of the Philippine Bureau of Telecommunications for Region IV (Panay, Negros, Romblon, and Palawan), and Carmen Jalandoni Jover. She is a graduate of B.S. E. Ed at the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City. From the 1970s until the mid 1990s, she served as organist of St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Banate, Iloilo.

Coats of Arms of Filipino Catholic Laymen

 Prot. n. 001/2021/PhCLM

Coat of Arms of Eduardo Madrid Brillantes

(1937-2006)

Banate, Iloilo

The armiger was an active lay leader of St. John the Baptist Parish in Banate, Iloilo. He started serving the Church as a choir member in his teen years. Later, he joined the Cursillo movement. In the late 1960s, he joined the Knights of Columbus Council in Banate, where he advanced to the Fourth Degree rank and went on to became Grand Knight. He was also the first responsible of one of the two Communities of the Neocatechumenal Way in the Parish, which was established in the early 1980s. 

He also served in the Pastoral Council for many years, promoting volunteerism.

Blason: Azure, an Eagle displayed Or charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules a cross ensigned with a coronet and in chief an estoile of eight points between two fleur-de-lis also Or.

Crest: A demi lion Or holding with its dexter arms a cross of St. James Or.

Motto: Fides Sapientia Virtus (Faith, Wisdom, Virtue)

Date assuned: 1997

Registrations: 

Registry of the Cronista of Castilla and Leon, H.E. Don Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Marquis de La Floresta,  on 28 January 2006, Prot. N. 8/2006

American College of Heraldry on 25 August 2005

 Copyright: © Eduardo Madrid Brillantes

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Prot. n. 002/2021/PhCLM

Coat of arms of Jose Maria Ledesma Concepcion, Jr. (Jaro, Iloilo City)

The armiger is a Fourth Degree knight of Columbus and was an active lay leader in the Archdiocese of Jaro, from the 1970s to the early 2000s.

Blason: Quarterly; 1 and 4, Azure a fleur de lis above a crescent moon with horns turned upward, all Or; 2 and 3, Vert a spikenard Argent; over all a cross fillet counterchanged Argent and Or. 

Motto: LIVE RIGHT

Copyright: © Jose Maria Ledesma Concepcion, Jr. 

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Prot. N. 003/2021/PhCLM

Coat of arms of
RODOLFO (Odie) M. DE LA CRUZ

Date assumed: 1 July 2021

Blason: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sable, seven fleurs de lis Or in pale of 2, 3 and 2; 2nd and 3rd, Azure, in base three bars wavy Argent and in chief a pearl in clamshell Argent.

Crest: A pineapple proper issuant from a wreath Sable and Azure

Motto: Fidelis (faithful)

Design by: Fr. John Brillantes 

Artwork by:  Stevie Tambao of Escudos Ecclesiasticos Ph and Gladius Ecclesiastical and Heraldry Arts

The armiger hails from Cavite City, Cavite (Philippines) and is an active member of the Cofradia de la Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Vaga in the Diocese of Imus (Cavite). He is a cultural heritage practitioner by profession and works at the Archaeology Division of the National Museum of the Philippines. Odie de la Cruz  is currently taking the Master of Arts Major in Art Studies (Curatorial Studies) at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.  

Affiliations:
*National Museum of the Philippines
*Cofradia de la Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Vaga

Coats of Arms of Filipino Religious Associations

Prot. n. 001/2021/PhCA

 

 

 

 Coat of Arms of the Cofradia de la Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Vaga
Diocese of Imus

 

By decree of then Imus Bishop, Most Rev. Manuel C. Sobrevinias, the Cofradia de la Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Vaga was founded in August 10, 1998.  The group was officially inaugurated in November 17, 1998 as a gift to the Virgin of Solitude on the 20th Anniversary of Her Coronation by then Apostolic Nuncio, Bruno Topigliani. It was led by the late Antonio G. Nazareno as it's Founding President, Rev. Fr. Virgilio Saenz Mendoza as it's Spiritual Director and Rev. Fr. John Brillantes as it's Spiritual Adviser.

 

Date Assumed: 2009

 

Blason: Sable, three passion nails in fess a crown of thors, which is framed by three mullets, 2 and 1: in chief the monogram of the Blessed Virgen, all Or. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown Or. 

 

Supporters: Two cherubs 

Motto: Reina de Cavite

Coats of Arms of Parishes in the Philippines

 

Prot. n. 001/2021/PhCP

Coat of Arms of St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish

Banate, Iloilo

(Founded in 1763)

Blason: Azure, a chevron Gules fimbriated Or in between two laurel crowns and a scallop shell, all Or. In chief Or, three crosses Fleury Gules in fess.

Date assumed: 2015

 

Heraldic design: Rev. John Brillantes and Rev. Ray Badoya

 

Copyright: © St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Parish, Banate, Iloilo