This is a historical list of all bishops of the Catholic Church whose sees were within the present-day boundaries of the Philippines, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. The list covers from the establishment of the Diocese of Manila in 1579 up until the present.
The list is arranged according to the date of their consecration/ordination to the episcopate. For cases of bishops who governed a foreign diocese before their assignment to the Philippines, they are arranged according to the date when they are transferred to a diocese within the country, with the date of their consecration in parentheses. Non-numbered names are priests who were appointed as bishop but were not able to receive episcopal consecration due to certain reasons, however they are considered as part of the episcopal list of their respective dioceses by virtue of their appointment. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Manila is written "IV Manila". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. The number listed first represents the principal consecrator. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops from outside the Philippines (the list of foreign sees is at the bottom of the page). Where the letter "F" is used, it indicates that a priest who was not a bishop assisted in the consecration.
Chart of episcopal succession
Spanish era (1581-1897)
+No.PictureBishopConsecratorsYearDioceseCoat of armsRef1Domingo Salazar??1581I Manila -Luis Maldonado -1595I Nueva Cáceres (elect)2Pedro de AgurtoAA11597I Cebu3Ignacio SantibáñezII Manila4Miguel de Benavides??1597I Nueva Segovia, III Manila5Francisco Ortega??1600II Nueva Cáceres6Baltazar de Cobarrubias y MúñozAA11603III Nueva Cáceres7Diego Soria??1603II Nueva Segovia -Pedro de Godinez -1605IV Nueva Cáceres (elect)8Diego Vázquez de MercadoAB11608 (1604)IV Manila -Pedro Matías -1612V Nueva Cáceres (elect)9Pedro de Arce81613II Cebu10Diego GuevaraAC11616VI Nueva Cáceres11Miguel García SerranoAB21617III Nueva Segovia, V Manila12Juan Rentería??1618IV Nueva Segovia13Luis de CañizaresAB21627VII Nueva Cáceres14Hernando Guerrero91628V Nueva Segovia, VI Manila15Francisco de Zamudio y Avendaño??1629VIII Nueva Cáceres16Diego Aduarte141635VI Nueva Segovia17Fernando Montero EspinosaAA21640VII Nueva Segovia, VII Manila -Nicolás de Zaldívar y Zapata -1644IX Nueva Cáceres (elect)18Miguel de Poblete CasasolaAB31650VIII Manila19Rodrigo de Cárdenas18 F11651VIII Nueva Segovia -Antonio de San Gregorio -1659X Nueva Cáceres (elect) -Juan Vélez -1660III Cebu (elect)20Juan López GalvánAD11665IV Cebu, IX Manila -Jose Millan de Poblete -1675IX Nueva Segovia (elect)21Diego de AguilarAB41677V Cebu22Juan DuránAB4 F2 F31681Cebu (auxiliary)23Francisco Pizaro de Orellana??1681X Nueva Segovia24Ginés BarrientosAA3 F4 F51681Manila (auxiliary)25Felipe Fernandez de Pardo21 24 F(26)1681X Manila26Andrés González25 21 241686XI Nueva Cáceres27Diego Camacho y ÁvilaAA31696XI Manila28Miguel Bayot27 F61699VI Cebu29Diego de Gorospe y IralaAD21702XI Nueva Segovia30Francisco de la CuestaAB51706XII Manila31Pedro Sanz de la Vega y LandaverdeAB61716VII Cebu -Pedro Mejorada -1717XII Nueva Segovia (elect) -Domingo de Valencia -1718XII Nueva Cáceres (elect)32Carlos Bermudez de CastroAB6 F8 F91725XIII Manila33Felipe Molina y FigueroaAE1 F(38) F(37)1726XIII Nueva Cáceres34Jeronimo Herrera y Lopez331727XIII Nueva Segovia35Manuel de Ocio y Campo341735VIII Cebu3633 F(41) F(37)1736XIV Manila37Isidro de ArevaloAF11743XIV Nueva Cáceres -Manuel del Rio Flores -1744XIV Nueva Segovia (elect)38Protacio Cabezas37 F(41) F101744IX Cebu39Pedro José Manuel Martínez de ArizalaAG1 F11 F121745XV Manila -Juan de Arechederra -1750XV Nueva Segovia (elect)40Manuel de MatosAB7 AH1 F131754XV Nueva Cáceres41Juan de La Fuente Yepes401755XVI Nueva Segovia42Manuel Antonio Rojo del Rio Lafuente y VeiyraAB71758XVI Manila43Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta421759X Cebu -Bernardo de Ustáriz -1763XVII Nueva Segovia (elect)44Basilio Tomás Sancho y Hernando (de Santas Justa y Rufina)AI1 AJ1 AK11766XVII Manila45Miguel García San Esteban44 F14 F151769XVIII Nueva Segovia46Antonio de Luna44 F14 F161770XVI Nueva Cáceres -Andres de Echeandía -1775XVII Nueva Cáceres (elect)47Mateo Joaquin Rubio de Arevalo441776XI Cebu -Francisco de Maceira1777XVIII Nueva Cáceres (elect)48Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo441779XIX Nueva Cáceres, XVIII Manila49Juan García Ruiz481786XIX Nueva Segovia50Domingo Collantes48 F17 F181790XX Nueva Cáceres51Ignacio de Salamanca48 50 F191794XII Cebu52Agustín Pedro Blaquier50 F19 F181803XX Nueva Segovia53Juan Antonio Zulaibar y Aldape50 F18 F201805XIX Manila54Joaquín Encabo de la Virgen de Sopetrán531808XIII Cebu55Cayetano Pallás531808XXI Nueva Segovia56Bernardo García y Hernández (Fernandez Perdigon)531817XXI Nueva Cáceres57Francisco Albán Barreiro53 F21 F221818XXII Nueva Segovia58Francisco Genovés571826XIV Cebu59Hilarión Diéz Fernández571827XX Manila60Juan Antonio Lillo571829Nueva Cáceres (auxiliary), XXII Nueva Cáceres61Santos Gómez Marañón601830XV Cebu62José Maria Seguí MolasManila (auxiliary), XXI Manila63Romualdo Jimeno BallesterosAL1 F231845 (1841)Manila (coadjutor), XVI Cebu -Rafael Masoliver -1846XXIII Nueva Segovia (elect)64José Julián Aranguren631847XXII Manila65Vicente Barreiro y Pérez641849Nueva Cáceres (elect), XXIV Nueva Segovia66Manuel Grijalvo y MínguezXXIII Nueva Cáceres67Gregorio Melitón Martínez Santa CruzAM1 AN1 AO11862XXIII Manila68Francisco Gainza Escobás67 63 AP11863XXIV Nueva Cáceres69Juan José Aragonés67 63 681865XXV Nueva Segovia70AQ1 AR1 681867I Jaro71Mariano Cuartero y Sierra701875XXVI Nueva Segovia72Pedro Payo y PiñeiroAS1 AR2 AT11876XXIV Manila7372 68 701876XVII Cebu7472 70 731881XXV Nueva Cáceres75Leandro Arrúe Agudo72 71 AU11885II Jaro76Martín García y AlcocerAV1 AW1 AX11886XVIII Cebu77Arsenio del Campo y MonasterioAY1 AZ1 BA11888XXVI Nueva Cáceres78BB1 BC1 BD11890XXVII Nueva Segovia79XXV Manila80Andrés Ferrero Malo79 AU11898III Jaro
American era and World War II (1898-1945)
No.PictureBishopConsecratorsDateDioceseCoat of armsRef81Dennis Joseph Dougherty*BE1" BF1 BG114 Jun 1903XXVIII Nueva Segovia, V Jaro82Frederick Zadok RookerBH1 BI1 BJ114 Jun 1903IV Jaro83Jeremiah James HartyBE1" BK1 BL115 Aug 1903XXVI Manila84Thomas Augustine HendrickBE1" 83 BM123 Aug 1903XIX Cebu85Jorge Barlin y ImperialBN1° 83 8229 Jun 1906XXVII Nueva Cáceres86James Jordan CarrollBN1° 83 8114 Feb 1909XXIX Nueva Segovia87Juan Bautista Gorordo y PerfectoBN1° 81 8624 Jun 1909Cebu (auxiliary) XX Cebu88John Bernard MacGinleyBO1" BP1 BQ110 May 1910XXVIII Nueva Cáceres89Giuseppe PetrelliBN1° 81 8712 Jun 1910I Lipa90Pablo Singzon y Baeza (de la Anunciacion)I Calbayog -Charles Warren Currier -25 Jun 1910I Zamboanga (elect)91Maurice Patrick FoleyBR1 BS1 BT115 Dec 1910I Tuguegarao, VI Jaro -Victoriano Román Zárate (de San José) -21 Apr 1911I Palawan92Michael James O’DohertyBU1 BV1 BW13 Sep 1911II Zamboanga, XXVII Manila93Peter Joseph HurthBX1 BY1 BZ17 Jan 1913 (16 Sep 1894)XXX Nueva Segovia94Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin¤89° 91 8820 Jan 1917II Lipa95James Paul McCloskey81 93 CA11 May 1917III Zamboanga, VII Jaro9689° 88 9429 Jun 1917II Tuguegarao, XXXI Nueva Segovia97Sofronio Hacbang y Gaborni89° 94 968 Jun 1919Calbayog (auxiliary), II Calbayog98José Clos y Pagés89° 94 9517 Oct 1920IV Zamboanga99CB1° 93 9419 Sep 1925XXIX Nueva Cáceres100Constant JurgensCC1 CD1 CE118 Mar 1928III Tuguegarao101William Finnemann¤92 96 9421 May 1929Manila (auxiliary), I Mindoro102 Cesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez¤92 94 9624 May 1929I Lingayen, Manila (auxiliary), I San Fernando103Gabriel Martelino ReyesCB1° 95 9411 Oct 1932XXI Cebu, Manila (coadjutor), XXVIII Manila104Luis Valdesco Del Rosario92 94 1024 Jun 1933V Zamboanga105James Thomas Gibbons HayesCF1 CG1 CH118 Jun 1933I Cagayan de Oro106CB1° 95 9916 Sep 1933I Bacolod -Jozef Billiet -15 Nov 1935I Mountain Province107Miguel Acebedo y FloresCB1° 104 10625 Mar 1938III Calbayog108Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia25 Mar 1938I Palo, II Tagbilaran109Mariano Aspiras Madriaga103 96 10024 May 1938II Lingayen-Dagupan110 Pedro Paulo Santos SongcoCB1° 96 10615 Aug 1938XXX Cáceres -Leandro Nieto y Bolandier -25 Nov 1938II Palawan111Jan Vrakking103 105 10421 Sep 1940I Surigao112 José Maria Diosomito CuencoCB1° 102 10927 Dec 1942Jaro (auxiliary), VIII Jaro113Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda#CB1° 110 10229 Jun 1944Lipa (auxiliary), I Lucena -Enrique (Henry) Ederle -21 Jun 1946II Mindoro
Post-colonial Period (1946-1962)
No.PictureBishopConsecratorsDateDioceseCoat of armsRef114Julio Rosales y Ras*CB1° 108 10721 Sep 1946I Tagbilaran, XXII Cebu115Juan Callanta SisonCB1° 96 10025 Jul 1947Nueva Segovia (auxiliary), Nueva Segovia (coadjutor), XXXII Nueva Segovia116Rufino Jiao Santos*92 103 10924 Oct 1947Manila (auxiliary), I Military Ordinariate, XXIX Manila117William Brasseur92 96 10024 Aug 1948II Mountain Province118Alejandro Ayson Olalia100 116 10225 Jul 1949Tuguegarao (coadjutor), IV Tuguegarao, III Lipa119Vicente Posada ReyesCI1° 116 11824 Aug 1950Manila (auxiliary), I Borongan, II Cabanatuan120Manuel Porcia YapCI1° 105 1081 May 1951I Capiz, II Bacolod121Gérard MongeauCI1° 104 11629 Jun 1951I Cotabato122Wilhelm Josef DuschakCI1° 109 11921 Sep 1951III Calapan123Peregrin de la Fuente NéstarCI1° 118 11629 Sep 1951I Batanes-Babuyanes124Lino Rasdesales GonzagaCI1° 108 10728 Jan 1952II Palo, VI Zamboanga125Antonio Floro Frondosa112 120 10728 May 1952II Capiz126Flaviano Barrechea Ariola110 120 1236 Aug 1952I Legazpi127Teopisto Valderrama AlbertoCI1° 115 1267 Oct 1952I Sorsogon, Cáceres (coadjutor), XXXI Cáceres128Patrick Harmon ShanleyCI1° 113 11817 Mar 1953I Infanta129Hernando Izquierdo Antiporda116 118 11928 Oct 1954Manila (auxiliary)130Juan Bautista Velasco DíazCJ1 CK1 CL11955 (1948)Manila (auxiliary)131Clovis Joseph Thibauld (Thibault)105 104 12011 Feb 1955I Davao132Teofilo Camomot Bastida#114 108 12029 May 1955Jaro (auxiliary), Cagayan de Oro (coadjutor)133Charles Van den Ouwelant105 104 12421 Jun 1955II Surigao134Manuel Platon Del Rosario110 127 12425 Jul 1955Calbayog (coadjutor), IV Calbayog, I Malolos135Gregorio Espiga e Infante116 123 12010 Sep 1955III Palawan136Patrick Henry CroninCM1 CN1 CO125 Sep 1955I Ozamis, II Cagayan de Oro137Epifanio Surban y Belmonte114 120 12624 Oct 1955I Dumaguete138Odilo EtspuelerCI1° 109 12211 Oct 1956I Bangued139Henry Charles ByrneCI1° 129 13629 Oct 1956I Iba140Emilio Cinense y AberaCI1° 118 12911 May 1957II San Fernando141Teodulfo Sabugal DomingoCI1° 118 1232 Jul 1957V Tuguegarao142Francis Joseph McSorleyCP1 121 CQ18 Oct 1958I Jolo143Juan Nicolasora Nilmar132 137 12511 May 1959Jaro (auxiliary), Davao (coadjutor), I Kalibo144Arnulfo Surtida ArcillaCR1° 126 13412 Dec 1959II Sorsogon145Charles Quentin Bertram OlwellCR1° CS1 12125 Apr 1961I Marbel146Pedro Bantigue y Natividad116 130 12225 Jul 1961Manila (auxiliary), I San Pablo147Antonio Lloren MabutasCR1° 143 14427 Jul 1961I Laoag, Davao (coadjutor), II Davao148Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira116 132 12925 Jan 1962Zamboanga (auxiliary), Malolos (auxiliary)149Artemio Gabriel Casas116 115 12324 Feb 1962I Imus, Manila (auxiliary), X Jaro150Joseph William ReganCR1° 131 14525 Apr 1962I Tagum151Cipriano Urgel y VillahermosaCR1° 108 12412 Jun 1962V Calbayog, V Palo152Henricus Cornelius de WitCR1° 143 CT119 Jun 1962I San Jose de Antique
Second Vatican Council and aftermath (1963-1989)