Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, Philippines 🇵🇭

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.11.04 – ...):

Archbishop David William Valencia Antonio (61)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Nueva Segovia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop David William Valencia Antonio (61)
(2025.11.04 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Born:	1963.12.29 (Nagtupacan, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.08.26

Priest of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1988.12.01 – 2011.06.15)

Titular Bishop of Baza (2011.06.15 – 2018.11.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (2011.06.15 – 2018.11.14)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines) (2015.11.21 – 2018.03.17)

Apostolic Administrator of San Jose in Mindoro (Philippines) (2018.03.17 – 2022.12.17)

Bishop of Ilagan (Philippines) (2018.11.14 – 2025.11.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (2025.11.04 – ...)

Archbishop Marlo Mendoza Peralta (75)
(2013.12.30 – 2025.11.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Pax hominibus

Born:	1950.07.13 (San Carlos, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1975.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.31

Priest of Urdaneta (Philippines) (1975.03.31 – 2006.01.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Alaminos (Philippines) (2006.01.14 – 2007.07.02)

Bishop of Alaminos (Philippines) (2007.07.02 – 2013.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (2013.12.30 – 2025.11.04)

Archbishop Ernesto Antolin Salgado (89)
(2005.02.12 – 2013.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nueva Segovia (Philippines)

Pro populo consecratus

Born:	1936.11.22 (Santa Lucia, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.01.15

Priest of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1961.12.23 – 1986.10.17)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Mountain Provinces (Philippines) (1986.10.17 – 1987.12.18)

Titular Bishop of Buruni (1986.10.17 – 2000.12.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Baguio (Philippines) (1987.12.18 – 2000.12.07)

Bishop of Laoag (Philippines) (2000.12.07 – 2005.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (2005.02.12 – 2013.12.30)

Archbishop Edmundo Madarang Abaya
(1999.05.22 – 2005.02.12)

Pax

Born:	1929.01.19 (Candon, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1953.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.01.19
Died:	2018.09.20 (San Juan City, Philippines † 89)

Bishop of Laoag (Philippines) (1978.12.11 – 1999.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1999.05.22 – 2005.02.12)

Archbishop Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. (86) (later Cardinal)
(1986.03.22 – 1998.05.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Mundi» a Torre Spaccata
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cotabato (Philippines)

Caritas congaudet veritati

Born:	1939.03.11 (Laoag, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.10.28
Created Cardinal:	2014.02.22

Bishop-Prelate of Kidapawan (Philippines) (1980.07.23 – 1982.11.15)

Bishop of Kidapawan (Philippines) (1982.11.15 – 1986.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1986.03.22 – 1998.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines) (1998.05.30 – 2018.11.06)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.) (1999 – 2003)

Secretary General of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (2006 – 2011.10.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Mundi» a Torre Spaccata (2014.02.22 [2014.04.24] – ...)

Archbishop José Tomás Sánchez (later Cardinal)
(1982.01.12 – 1986.03.22)

Doce me facere voluntatem tuam

Born:	1920.03.17 (Pandan, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1946.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.05.12
Created Cardinal:	1991.06.28
Died:	2012.03.09 (San Juan City, Philippines † 91)

Priest of Sorsogon (Philippines) (1946.05.12 – 1968.02.05)

Titular Bishop of Lesvi (1968.02.05 – 1972.12.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Caceres (Philippines) (1968.02.05 – 1972.12.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena (Philippines) (1972.12.12 – 1976.09.25)

Bishop of Lucena (Philippines) (1976.09.25 – 1982.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1982.01.12 – 1986.03.22)

Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (1985.10.30 – 1991.06.21)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna (1991.06.28 – 2002.02.26)

President of Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimony of Art and History (1991.07.01 – 1993)

Prefect of Congregation for Clergy (1991.07.01 – 1996.06.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna pro hac vice Title (2002.02.26 [2002.05.12] – 2012.03.09)

Archbishop Juan C. Sison
(1966.10.12 – 1981.09.12)

Habe fiduciam in Domino

Born:	1912.08.08 (Villasis, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1936.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.07.25
Died:	1981.09.12 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Limata (1947.05.10 – 1956.08.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1947.05.10 – 1956.08.20)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopsis (1956.08.20 – 1966.10.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1956.08.20 – 1966.10.12)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines / C.B.C.P. (1958 – 1961)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1966.10.12 – 1981.09.12)

Archbishop Santiago Caragnan Sancho
(1951.06.29 – 1966.10.12)

Forma facto gregis

Born:	1880.05.23 (Libmanan, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1903.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.06.29
Died:	1966.10.12 († 86)

Bishop of Tuguegarao (Philippines) (1917.02.05 – 1927.04.22)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1927.04.22 – 1951.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1951.06.29 – 1966.10.12)

Bishops of Nueva Segovia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Santiago Caragnan Sancho (later Archbishop)
(1927.04.22 – 1951.06.29)

(see above)

Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. (later Archbishop)
(1913.01.07 – 1926.11.12)

Born:	1857.03.30 (Nittel am Mosel, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1880.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.09.16
Died:	1935.07.31 (Manila, Philippines † 78)

Bishop of Dacca (Bangladesh) (1894.06.26 – 1909.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Milopotamus (1909.02.15 – 1913.01.07)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1913.01.07 – 1926.11.12)

Titular Archbishop of Bostra (1926.11.12 – 1935.07.31)

Bishop James Jordan Carroll
(1908.06.21 – 1912.10.26)

Born:	1862.12.23 (East Port, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1889.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1909.02.14
Died:	1913.04.04 († 50)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1908.06.21 – 1912.10.26)

Titular Bishop of Metellopolis (1912.10.26 – 1913.04.04)

Bishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty (later Cardinal)
(1903.06.12 – 1908.06.21)

Crucis in signo vinces

Born:	1865.08.16 (Honesville, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1890.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.06.14
Created Cardinal:	1921.03.07
Died:	1951.05.31 (Philadelphia, PA, USA † 85)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1890.05.31 – 1903.06.12)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1903.06.12 – 1908.06.21)

Bishop of Jaro (Philippines) (1908.06.21 – 1915.12.09)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1915.12.09 – 1918.05.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1918.05.01 – 1951.05.31)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1921.03.10 – 1951.05.31)

Bishop José Hevía y Campomanes
(1889.05.27 – 1903.06.12)

Born:	1841.03.24 (Pola de Lena, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1864.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.04.13
Died:	1904.05.02 († 63)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1889.05.27 – 1903.06.12)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1903.06.25 – 1904.05.02)

Bishop Mariano Cuartero y Sierra, O.A.R.
(1874.01.16 – 1887.08.02)

Born:	1830.01.10 (Zaragoza, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1853.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.06.06
Died:	1887.08.02 (Vigan, Philippines † 57)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1874.01.16 – 1887.08.02)

Bishop Juan José Aragonés, O.E.S.A.
(1865.03.27 – 1872.08.14)

Born:	1816.08.21 (Madrid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.10.01
Died:	1872.08.14 († 55)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1865.03.27 – 1872.08.14)

Bishop Vicente Barreiro y Pérez, O.E.S.A.
(1848.04.14 – 1856.05.17)

Born:	1790.04.01 (Biduido, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1813
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.01.28
Died:	1856.05.17 († 66)

Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines) (1846.01.19 – 1848.04.14)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1848.04.14 – 1856.05.17)

Fr. Rafael Masoliver, O.P.
(1846.01.19 – 1846?)

Died:

1846?

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1846.01.19 – 1846?)

Bishop Francisco Albán Barreiro, O.P.
(1817.04.14 – 1837.12.08)

Born:	1764.01.08 (San Martín de Berducido, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.11.22
Died:	1837.12.08 († 73)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1817.04.14 – 1837.12.08)

Bishop Cayetano Pallás, O.P.
(1806.10.06 – 1814.12)

Born:	1750.09.03 (Benabarre, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1808.09.18
Died:	1814.12 († 64)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1806.10.06 – 1814.12)

Bishop Agustín Pedro Blaquier, O.E.S.A.
(1801.07.20 – 1803.12.31)

Born:	1749.10.02 (Barcelona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1773.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1803.02.20
Died:	1803.12.31 († 54)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1801.07.20 – 1803.12.31)

Bishop Miguel García San Esteban, O.P.
(1768.09.16 – 1779.11.11)

Born:	1727.07.17 (Villar de Domingo García, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1769.11.26
Died:	1779.11.11 († 52)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1768.09.16 – 1779.11.11)

Fr. Bernardo de Ustariz, O.P.
(1763.12.19 – 1764.08.02)

Born:	1696
Died:	1764.08.02 († 67)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1763.12.19 – 1764.08.02)

Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes
(1753.05.28 – 1757)

Born:	1702? (Manila, Philippines)
Consecrated Bishop:	1755.08.24
Died:	1757 (Binmaley, Philippines † 55)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1753.05.28 – 1757)

Fr. Juan de Arechederra, O.P.
(1750.01.19 – 1751.11.12)

Born:	1681
Died:	1751.11.12 († 69)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1750.01.19 – 1751.11.12)

Fr. Manuel del Rio Flores, O.P.
(1744.05.16 – 1745)

Died:

1745

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1744.05.16 – 1745)

Bishop Jeronimo Herrera y Lopez
(1724.11.20 – 1742.03)

Born:	1664 (Manila, Philippines)
Consecrated Bishop:	1727.05.11
Died:	1742.03 († 77)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1724.11.20 – 1742.03)

Fr. Pedro Mejorada, O.P.
(1717.10.01 – 1719.07.31)

Born:	1667 (Spain)
Died:	1719.07.31 († 51)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1717.10.01 – 1719.07.31)

Bishop Diego Gorospe de Irala, O.P.
(1699.06.01 – 1715.05.20)

Born:	1649 (Puebla, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1702.01.22
Died:	1715.05.20 (Vigan, Philippines † 65)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1699.06.01 – 1715.05.20)

Bishop Francisco Pizaro de Orellana
(1680.05.27 – 1683.09.02)

Born:	1630 (Manila, Philippines)
Consecrated Bishop:	1681
Died:	1683.09.02 (Vigan, Philippines † 52)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1680.05.27 – 1683.09.02)

Fr. Jose Millan de Poblete
(1675.05.27 – 1675?)

Died:

1675?

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1675.05.27 – 1675?)

Bishop Rodrigo Cárdenas, O.P.
(1650.05.30 – 1661.05)

Consecrated Bishop:	1651.05.28
Died:	1661.05 (Vigan, Philippines)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1650.05.30 – 1661.05)

Bishop Fernando Montero Espinosa (later Archbishop)
(1639.07.16 – 1646.02.05)

Born:	(Madrid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1640.02.03
Died:	1648 (Pila, Philippines)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1639.07.16 – 1646.02.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1646.02.05 – 1648)

Bishop Diego Aduarte, O.P.
(1634.01.23 – 1636)

Born:	1570 (Zaragoza, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1635
Died:	1636 († 66)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1634.01.23 – 1636)

Bishop Fernando Guerrero, O.E.S.A. (later Archbishop)
(1627.05.17 – 1634.01.09)

Born:	1567 (Alcaraz, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1628
Died:	1641.07.01 (Manila, Philippines † 73)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1627.05.17 – 1634.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1634.01.09 – 1641.07.01)

Bishop Juan Rentería
(1618.03.05 – 1626)

Born:	(Guadalajara, Mexico)
Died:	1626 (Vigan, Philippines)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1618.03.05 – 1626)

Bishop Miguel García Serrano, O.E.S.A. (later Archbishop)
(1616.08.03 – 1618.02.12)

Born:	1569 (Chinchón, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1617
Died:	1629.06.14 († 59)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1616.08.03 – 1618.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1618.02.12 – 1629.06.14)

Bishop Diego Soria, O.P.
(1602.11.15 – 1613)

Born:	(Yébenes, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1603
Died:	1613 (Vigan, Philippines)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1602.11.15 – 1613)

Bishop Miguel de Benavides, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1595.08.30 – 1602.10.07)

Born:	(Carrión de los Condes, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1597.11
Died:	1605.07.26 (Manila, Philippines)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1595.08.30 – 1602.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1602.10.07 – 1605.07.26)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Juan C. Sison (1956.08.20 – 1966.10.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop David William Valencia Antonio (61) (later Archbishop) (2011.06.15 – 2018.11.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patricio Maqui Lopez (1985.10.16 – 1991.02.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Salvador Lazo Lazo (1977.08.03 – 1981.01.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Gatan Purugganan (1971.01.23 – 1974.01.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Victorino Cristobal Ligot (1969.02.12 – 1970.02.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan C. Sison (later Archbishop) (1947.05.10 – 1956.08.20)