Jorge Barlín (April 23, 1850 – September 4, 1909) also known as Jorge Barlín Imperial, Jorge Alfonso Imperial Barlín and Jorge Barlín é Imperial following Spanish naming customs, was the first Filipino consecrated a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres (then called Diocese of Nueva Caceres) in the Philippines until 1909. He was the first Filipino and Bicolano bishop and was parish priest and vicar forane of Sorsogon from 1887 to 1906.[1]
Jorge Barlín e Imperial | |
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| First Filipino Bishop in the Catholic Church Bishop of Nueva Caceres | |
 Barlin, c. 1906 | |
| See | Nueva Cáceres |
| Appointed | December 14, 1905 |
| In office | 1905–1909 |
| Quashed | September 4, 1909 |
| Predecessor | Arsenio del Campo y Monasterio |
| Successor | John Bernard MacGinley |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 19, 1875 |
| Consecration | June 29, 1906 by Ambrose Agius |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jorge Alfonso Imperial Barlín April 23, 1850 |
| Died | September 4, 1909 (aged 59) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Buried | Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Baao, Camarines Sur, Philippines |
| Parents | Mateo Alfonso Barlín (father) Francisca Imperial (mother) |
| Motto | Labora sicut bonus miles Christi Jesu (Labor like a good soldier of Christ Jesus) |
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| Coat of arms |  |
Life
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Jorge Barlín was born April 23, 1850, in Baao, Camarines Sur, the Philippines to Mateo Alfonso Barlín and Francisca Imperial.
He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1875, and consecrated a bishop on June 29, 1906, by Archbishop Ambrose Agius along with co-consecrators Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty and Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker. "Barlín proved very capable and loyal, dealing a blow to the schismatic Iglesia Filipina Independiente by resisting its recruitment efforts and winning a court battle over church property," according to Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.[2]
He died and was interred in Rome, Italy in 1909 during an ad limina visit of the Philippine bishops. Attempts to have his body returned to the Philippines were unsuccessful.
Monuments commemorating Jorge Barlín were built in his hometown's plaza in Baao, Camarines Sur,[3] and another called Plaza Barlin in Naga, Camarines Sur.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ page 32, Tracing from Solsogon to Sorsogon, 2nd Edition (2007), ISBN 978-971-814-099-4
- ^ "The Philippines: "Arsenal of Faith, Deposit of Christianity in the East"". Pope Francis Papal Visit 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ^ "National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines". National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines.
- ^ Team, i-Governance. "See what Naga has to offer « Dagos po sa Maogmang Naga". Retrieved Oct 2, 2019.
Further reading
edit- Alarcon, R.A. (2009). The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Jorge Barlin: A New Phase in Philippine Church History. Philippiniana Sacra XLIV(131).
