Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma announced that the proposal to create two new dioceses will be finalized and sent to the Vatican for review, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
"We hope to come up with the final picture by January and send it to Rome… that might happen next year," Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma was quoted as saying. Photo from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu Facebook page
The Archdiocese of Cebu, which remains the country's largest ecclesiastical territory, will be divided two – north and south dioceses. "We hope to come up with the final picture by January and send it to Rome… that might happen next year," he was quoted as saying."It's about time that the Mother Church will give birth to local churches," Palma said.The report also mentioned that the late Cardinal Ricardo Vidal also pushed for the creation of new dioceses "for more effective pastoral and administrative oversight of their growing congregations.
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