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Sep 25, 2023 · By 1575, there was a total of 18 towns founded by the Augustinians, 16 Augustinian houses, and 46 priests living in the Philippines. By the end of the 16th century, only 25 years after the arrival of the missionaries in the archipelago, the Augustinians had under their care some 111,720 souls out of a total of 667,612.
The Augustinians were the founders and first apostles of the Catholic faith in the Philippines. Led by navigator and Augustinian friar Andres de Urdaneta, a Spanish fleet was sent by the king of Spain to the Philippines, together with five other Augustinian friars in Mexico.
From Mexico, the Augustinians arrived in the Philippines in April 1565 aboard the Legaspi-Urdaneta expedition, navigated by Fray Andres de Urdaneta (and led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi). Their arrival and subsequent settlement was the most peaceful conquest ever registered in the history of humanity.
The Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Philippines (Spanish: Provincia Agustiniana del Santísimo Nombre de Jesús de Filipinas) was a geographical and administrative subdivision of the religious Order of St. Augustine that was formally affiliated to the Order on March 7, 1575, to originally cater the needs of the growing ...
Aug 16, 2018 · The Augustinian Recollect chroniclers and historians declare the Philippines as the privileged endeavor of the Order’s apostolate. In fact, the Philippine missions have been one of the main apostolic fields of the Order.
Jun 5, 2024 · The Augustinians are the pioneering missionaries in the Philippines, who arrived in the country from Spain and Mexico in 1565 and established the Provincia Agustiniana del Santísimo Nombre de Jesús de Filipinas in 1575.
The Filipino Augustinians took over the care of the image from the Spanish Augustinians after the creation of the Province of Santo Niño de Cebu – Philippines in 1983. In an uninterrupted time, the Augustinians had always been the caretakers of the church.
