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As part of the worldwide Catholic Church, the Catholic Church in the Philippines (Filipino: Simbahang Katolika sa Pilipinas, Spanish: Iglesia católica en Filipinas), or the Philippine Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Ultimate list of our Philippine historical Catholic churches - the 30 Beautiful Churches in the Philippines, from Mindanao, Visayas up to Luzon.
This is a list of Roman Catholic churches and cathedrals in the Philippines. Roman Catholicism is the most common religion in the Philippines.
The Catholic dioceses in the Philippines are grouped into 16 ecclesiastical provinces, each of which comprises a metropolitan archdiocese and several suffragan dioceses and is headed by the archbishop, as the metropolitan bishop of the province.
Recognized as the main Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines, its official name is Manila Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica, and is the seat of the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Manila. Western church architecture was brought to the Philippines in 1521 when Catholicism spread out.
The Catholic Church in the Philippines consists of 16 Ecclesiastical Provinces with 86 Ecclesiastical Territories, including Archdioceses, Dioceses, Prelatures, and Apostolic Vicariates.
Religions: Catholic 82.9% (Roman Catholic 80.9%, Aglipayan 2%), Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% Languages: Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray ...
