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    Welcome to the Archdiocese of Palo

    The COAT Explained / VISION•MISSION

    Super typhoon Yolanda (Int’l: Haiyan) that battered the Archdiocese of Palo in November 2013 brought to the Archdiocese the devotion to Our Lady of Hope of Palo. The image is a depiction of the Boy-Jesus with Mary His Mother reaching out to the survivors. It depicts the faith of the people, a faith that remained firm in spite of the devastation. Devotion to Our Lady of Hope is propagated in the Archdiocese of Palo. The Prayer to Our Lady with Jesus our Savior is an assurance of God’s presence in both good and challenging times.

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      Prayer to Our Lady of Hope of Palo

      The Archdiocese of Palo has Pastoral Programs
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        The Palo Archdiocesan Chancery and Pastoral Center is the Central Office of the Archdiocese of Palo. It houses various offices from Pastoral Programs, Commission on Temporalities, and Finance Department. You may also inquire for mariage-related concerns in our Judiciary Section.

        Contact a Parish

        Eighty-Six (86) Parishes and Mission Stations are in the Archdiocese of Palo. It has seven (7) Vicariates divided into two (2) districts: East (Waray-Waray speaking) and West (Cebuano speaking). Reach them to inquire schedule of Masses, Celebration of other Sacraments and parish-document related inquiries.

        Know the Latest

        Keep yourself updated on what is going-on in the Archdiocese of Palo. Be informed of the latest activities in the Archdiocesan Level down to the Parish Level. These events are testimonies of the Church’s dynamism in response to the implementation of Archdiocesan programs.

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        Read and Download important documents of the Archdiocese. These resources have guided the Pastoral thrust of the local Church of Palo. From Archdiocesan Decrees to Pastoral Letters of the Archbishops; it will be a credible source of data behind the different programs of the Archdiocese of Palo.

        More than four-hundred (400) years since the formal evangelization of the Island of Leyte; the Archdiocese of Palo has grown to be one of the largest administrative diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis visited the Archdiocese of Palo on January 2015. It was after the devastation of Supertyphoon Haiyan (locally known YOLANDA) - the strongest typhoon ever recorded to make landfall.
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        This website is a response of the Archdiocese of Palo to the New Evangelization. The internet is God’s gift that needs to be used to further the work of Evangelization and to let everyone know that Christ accompanies us even in Cyberspace. May you feel our closeness thru this website and may this be a place where we will know that Christ is ever at work in his Church.

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          Most Rev. John F. Du, DD

          Archbishop of Palo

          Keeping in touch has always been an aim in Communication. It builds relationship and edifies it. In behalf of the Information and Social Communications Team of the Archdiocese of Palo; I welcome you to this website – our home in the internet. May this facility be an avenue to build lasting connections between you and the Archdiocese of Palo.

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            Rev. Fr. Chris Arthur H. Militante

            Information and Social Communications Director, Archdiocese of Palo

            His Holiness, Pope Francis, emphasized the realization that Social Media is a gift. In the Archdiocese of Palo, as you want to strengthen how you can be more in touch with people not only in your Archdiocese but all over the world; social media is a gift and a tool. Utilize it well in your apostolate and use it as a channel of evangelization to proclaim the gospel.

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              Most Rev. Mylo Hubert C. Vergara, DD

              Episcopal Commission on Social Communications Chairman, Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines
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                      Palo Prebyterium on Penitential Walk

                      October 29, 2021
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. Today, the Priests of the Archdiocese of Palo with Archbishop John Du, Archbishop of Palo, offered a Penitential Walk. The Priests in the seven vicariates of the Archdiocese of Palo chose a specific church within their vicinity where priests would gather and start the spiritual activity. The Parish Community participated in the Mass celebrated by the priests in another Church where the Penitential Walk ended. Three intentions guided the Penitential Walk: Reparation for the sins committed by priests,…

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                      Statement on the death of FR. HECTOR JESUS R. VILLAMIL

                      June 23, 2021
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      The Clergy of the Archdiocese of Palo mourns the death of one of its brothers, REV. FR. HECTOR JESUS R. VILLAMIL. We humbly ask for prayers that God may welcome the soul of Fr. Hector into the place of salvation which he rightly hoped for. Fr. Hector hails from Kanangga, Leyte. He was ordained on November 15, 1986. The recent reshuffling of Priest’s Assignments by the Archbishop assigned him to the Holy Family Parish in Kanangga, Leyte where he was…

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                      Palo Archdiocese welcomes new Priests and Deacons

                      May 18, 2021
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      PHOTO CREDITS to their respective owners Palo, Leyte – The clergy of the Archdiocese of Palo celebrates the ordination of six new priests and three deacons today, May 18, 2021, at the Palo Metropolitan Cathedral on the month-long celebration in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Most Rev. John F. Du, D.D., Archbishop of Palo, honored through the imposition of hands the Sacrament Order to Priesthood namely Rev. Fr. Gabriel L. Daffon (St. Isidore Parish of MacArthur, Leyte), Rev. Fr.…

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                      Caritas Kindness Station opened at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Palo

                      May 10, 2021
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      PALO, LEYTE – Yesterday May 9, 2021, at 7 o’clock in the morning, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Palo Our Lord’s Transfiguration Parish opened its “Caritas Kindness Station” with a blessing by the Caritas Palo/Social Action Commission In Charge Rev. Fr. Al Cris M. Badana participated by the Cathedral Rector Msgr. Gilbert Urbina, the Parish Pastoral Council Members, Parish Social Action And Youth Ministry, RADNET 5, Caritas Palo staff and others who facilitated the activity together with the beneficiaries of this…

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                      Announcement for Presbyteral and Diaconal Ordinations 2021 in the Archdiocese of Palo

                      May 3, 2021
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      ANNOUNCEMENT Annuntio Vobis Gaudium Magnum The good Archbishop John F. Du, of Palo shall ordain the following deacons to the Sacred Order of Presbyters on May 18, 2021 at 9:00AM at the Cathedral of our Lord’s Transfiguration :  Rev. Gabriel Daffon (St. Isidore Parish – McArthur, Leyte) Rev. Joey Decio (St. Francis Xavier Parish – Palompon, Leyte) Rev. Noel Jordan (St. Michael the Archangel Parish – Javier, Leyte)  Rev. Ruben Jan Manito (Our Lady of Lourdes Parish – V&G Subd.,…

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