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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
      helping various Communities

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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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        Messages

        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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                      Statement on the death of FR. MANSUETO L. SOSING

                      January 15, 2021
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      The Archdiocese of Palo is saddened by the death of  REV. FR. MANSUETO LUBAN-SOSING. Kindly offer prayers for his eternal repose. Fr. Sosing hails from Tabontabon, Leyte. He was ordained a priest on July 24, 1999. Upon his demise, he was serving as the Pastor of St. John Paul II Mission Station in Brgy. Punta, Ormoc City since 2017. Fr. Sosing’s former assignments were: 1999  Formator (Sacred Heart Seminary, Palo, Leyte2005  Formator (St. John the Evangelist School of Theology, Palo,…

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                      Statement on the death of FR. STEPHEN S. PESADO

                      January 11, 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. STEPHEN S. PESADO. We humbly ask for prayers that God may welcome the soul of Fr. Stephen into the place of salvation which he rightly hoped for. Born in Tolosa, Leyte; Fr. Pesado was ordained a priest on February 28, 1981. He presently resides at the PATMOS Clergy House, Seminary-Chancery Compound in Palo, Leyte. His past assignments were: 1981  Parochial Vicar (Sto. Niño…

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                      Sharing the Gift of Faith received 500 Years ago: an invitation even in this time of Pandemic, thru good works

                      January 1, 2021
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      Mga hinigugma ko, ha aton pagsugat han bag-o nga tuig, unta mawara na ini nga COVID. Magpasalamat kita sa Diyos. Ha luyo han kakurian nga aton gin agian damo nga grasyaban aton nakarawat. Yana nga tuig (2021) aton pag-saurogon an ika kenyentos ka tuig han Kristiyanismo dinhi ha aton nasud Pilipinas. Mapasalamaton kita han Diyos han pagtuo nga aton nakarawat tikang han mga misyonero nga kumanhi pagpasangyaw han maupay nga sumat. Dida hin mapinasalamaton nga kasingkasing, aton man liwat igpasangyaw…

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                      To be the light in this time of gloom centers Archbishop John’s Christmas Message 2020 to the Archdiocese of Palo

                      December 12, 2020
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      Mga kabugtuan ko, Pasko na liwat! Magsasaurog kita han Pasko han pagkatawo ni Cristo ha luyo han aton mga kahadlok ug kabaraka. Pero an aton Ginoo amo an aton kapawa ug paglaum. Hiya an nagwawara han aton mga kabaraka. Hiya liwat an nahatag hin tinuod nga kalipay. Ini nga makuri nga panahon usa nga higayon para makatotok kita han Diyosnon nga Bata. Nagpakatawo hiya para maghatag hin paglaom ug katalwasan ha aton. Hiya an aton kapawa samtang aanhi kita hin…

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                      Palo archdiocese welcomes 8 newly ordained deacons

                      November 28, 2020
                      Archdiocese of Palo
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                      Palo, Leyte – On the occasion of its 83rd anniversary as a diocese, the Archdiocese of Palo celebrated the Diaconal Ordination of eight seminarians today, November 27, 2020, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord’s Transfiguration Parish. Most Rev. John F. Du, D.D., Archbishop of Palo, conferred through the laying of hands the Sacrament of Sacred Order to Deacons upon eight seminarians, namely Rev. Gabriel L. Daffon (St. Isidore Parish of MacArthur, Leyte), Rev. Joey M. Decio (St. Francis Xavier…

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