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Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church (1885?1972)
Jose Maria Diosomito Cuenco
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Church
| Catholic
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Archdiocese
| Jaro
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Appointed
| 24 November 1945
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Term ended
| 8 October 1972
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Predecessor
| James Paul McCloskey
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Successor
| Jaime Lachica Sin
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Other post(s)
| Bishop of Jaro (1945–1951)
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Born
| Jose Maria Diosomito Cuenco
19 May 1885
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1885-05-19
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Died
| 7 October 1972
(1972-10-07)
(aged 87)
Iloilo City
, Philippines
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Buried
| Metropolitan Cathedral of Jaro
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Previous post(s)
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Education
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Motto
| Quid Retribuam Domino
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Latin
for 'How Can I Repay the Lord')
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Coat of arms
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Jose Maria Cuenco
D.D.
(19 May 1885 ? 8 October 1972) was Filipino prelate of the
Catholic Church
and was the first archbishop of the
Archdiocese of Jaro
in the Philippines.
[1]
Early life
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Archbishop Cuenco was born on 19 May 1885 in
Carmen, Cebu
, Philippines.
[b]
He was the eldest child of Mariano Albao Cuenco and Remedios Diosomito. His father, a journalist and
Clerk of Court
, died in 1909. His mother largely raised Jose's 15 sisters and brothers, among them,
Mariano Jesus
and
Miguel
, who became a senator and congressman respectively. The
Cuenco family
were involved with printing and publishing as newspaper publishers and owners of Imprenta Rosario, one of Cebu's early print shops.
Education
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Cuenco graduated from
University of San Carlos
in
Cebu
and
Manila
. He also graduated from
Georgetown University
in the United States,
[2]
[3]
where he earned a doctorate in law.
[4]
[5]
Cuenco decided to forsake a career in law to enter the priesthood. He was ordained a priest on 11 June 1914.
Career
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It was as a churchman that Cuenco had a distinguished career. He was
vicar general
of the
Cebu Diocese
in 1925 and the founding parish priest of the city's Santo Rosario parish in 1933. He became
titular bishop
of Hemeria and
auxiliary bishop
of Jaro in 1941.
[6]
Four years after, he succeeded
James Paul McCloskey
as
Ordinary
concurrent with the elevation of the see as a
metropolitan
, which effectively made him its first archbishop.
[7]
In 1957 Cuenco received an honorary degree from
Santa Clara University
.
[8]
Works
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Cuenco was the founder-editor of the Cebu Catholic newspaper
El Boletin Catolico
(1915?1930), continuing the work of his own father who was publisher-editor of the pioneering Catholic newspaper in Cebu,
Ang Camatuoran
(1902?1911).
He authored and published close to a dozen books, mostly narratives of his travels and experiences, including
Archbishop Cuenco: Autobiography
(Iloilo: La Editorial, 1972), which came out shortly before he died in Jaro on 8 October 1972.
Notes
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Cuenco was originally not appointed as archbishop of Jaro, but rather as bishop, because, in 1945, Jaro was just a diocese. When, in 1951, the diocese was elevated by
Pope Pius XII
to an archdiocese, Cuenco was concomitantly appointed as archbishop. So, while he was the
Ordinary
of Jaro for the entire time from his appointment in 1945 until his death in 1972, that period is, technically, divided between his term as bishop (1945?1951) and as archbishop (1951?1972).
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When Cuenco was born the Philippines was the
Captaincy General of the Philippines
of the
Spanish Empire
References
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"Jose Maria Cuenco"
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sea.lib.niu.edu
. Southeast Asia Digital Library
. Retrieved
9 July
2020
.
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"Class Notes 1905"
(PDF)
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Georgetown University Alumni Magazine
. Vol. 1, no. 4. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Alumni Association Inc. Fall 1948. p. 13.
Most Rev. Jose Ma. Cuenco, Grad. '05 '07, is now serving as Bishop of Jaro at Iloilo City, Philippine Islands.
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"Jeremiah F. Minihan '25 Consecrated Bishop"
(PDF)
.
Georgetown University Alumni Magazine
. Vol. 7, no. 3. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Alumni Association Inc. September 1954. p. 7.
Only one other alumnus now holds episcopal rank, the Most Reverend Jose M. Cuenco, '07, Archbishop of Jaro, Philippine Republic.
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"Class Notes 1907"
(PDF)
.
Georgetown University Alumni Magazine
. Vol. 10, no. 3. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Alumni Association Inc. September 1957. p. 12.
The Class of 1907 of the Law School had two reunions in June to celebrate their golden jubilee. One was held at the University, the other in Manila where His Excellency, the Most Reverend Jose Ma. Cuenco, D.D., G '05, L '07, and Archbishop of Jaro, his classmate Hon.
Delfin Jaranilla
, L '07, Chief Justice of the Philippines were feted at the Philippine Columbian Association by a large company including the President of the Philippines, Hon.
Carlos P. Garcia
, and the Apostolic Nuncio, Most Reverend
Egidio Vagnozzi
.
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Georgetown University Alumni Directory 1789?1912
.
Georgetown University
. 1912 – via archive.org.
Cuenco, Jose Maria, A.3L, '05; PhD, '07; LL.B., '07. Student, Seminario de San Carlos, Cebu, P. I.
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Congregation for the Erection of Churches and Consistorial Provisions, Acts of the Sacred Congregations
Acta Ss. Congregationum
(1941),
Acta Apostolicae Sedis
33 (1941), 513.
S. Congregatio Consistorialis ? Provisio Ecclesiarum
(in Latin)
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Congregation for the Erection of Churches and Consistorial Provisions, Acts of the Sacred Congregations
Acta Ss. Congregationum
(1945),
Acta Apostolicae Sedis
37 (1945), 325.
S. Congregatio Consistorialis ? Provisio Ecclesiarum
(in Latin)
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"Class Notes 1905"
(PDF)
.
Georgetown University Alumni Magazine
. Vol. 8, no. 3. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Alumni Association Inc. September 1955. p. 13.
Archbishop Cuenco, who is Chairman of the Reunion of his Law School Class in 1957, recently received an Honorary degree from
Santa Clara University
.
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