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The Most Reverend

José María Diosomito Cuenco

D.D.
Archbishop of Jaro
ChurchCatholic
ArchdioceseJaro
Appointed24 November 1945[a]
Term ended8 October 1972
PredecessorJames Paul McCloskey
SuccessorJaime Lachica Sin
Other post(s)Bishop of Jaro (1945‍–‍1951)
Previous post(s)
Personal details
Born
José María Diosomito Cuenco

19 May 1885 (1885-05-19)
Carmen, Cebu, Philippine Islands, Spanish Empire
Died7 October 1972(1972-10-07) (aged 87)
Iloilo City, Philippines
BuriedMetropolitan Cathedral of Jaro
Education
MottoQuid Retribuam Domino
(Latin for 'How Can I Repay the Lord')
Coat of armsJosé María Diosomito Cuenco's coat of arms
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJuan Bautista Gorordo
Date11 June 1914
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorGuglielmo Piani
Co-consecratorsCesar Maria Guerrero y Rodriguez,
Mariano Aspiras Madriaga
Date27 December 1942
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by José Maria Diosomito Cuenco as principal consecrator
Antonio Floro Frondosa1952

José María Cuenco D.D. (19 May 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a 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 Jesús 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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In 1896, Cuenco graduated from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila. Then, he studied at the Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos in Cebu, garnering a Bachelor of Arts in 1903. He then went to the United States, received his Pre-Law at the Santa Clara University in 1904,[2] and studied at Georgetown University, where he received his Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters in 1904, and his Doctorate in Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts in 1905. [3][4] [5][6] He then returned to the Philippines and initially taught at Cebu Provincial High School, before entering the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos in Cebu City in 1909 to study priesthood. He was ordained priest for the Diocese of Cebu on June 11, 1914.[7]

Early Pastoral Ministry

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Cuenco had a distinguished career as a churchman. As a young priest, he 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). In 1917, he was appointed by Bishop Juan Gorordo as Chancellor-Secretary and became Vicar General in 1925. In 1931, during the sede vacante of the Diocese of Cebu, he was appointed by Apostolic Delegate Guglielmo Piani as Vicar Delegate. Upon the accession of Archbishop Gabriel Reyes as prelate of Cebu, he was reappointed Vicar General, and on the same year, was appointed by Pope Pius XI as Domestic Prelate. In 1933, he became the first parish priest of Cebu City's Santo Rosario Parish, serving until he was appointed to the episcopacy.[8]

Episcopacy

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In 1941, he was appointed by Pope Pius XII as Titular Bishop of Hemeria and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro.[9] However, due to the outbreak of World War II, he was consecrated bishop on December 27, 1942, with Archbishop Piani as his principal consecrator, and Bishops Cesar Ma. Guerrero and Mariano Madriaga as co-consecrators. Following the death of Jaro Bishop James McCloskey, he became the Bishop of Jaro, and upon its promotion to Archdiocese in 1951, he became its first Archbishop.[10]

He served as Archbishop of Jaro until his death on October 8, 1972.[11]

Works

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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.

Notes

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ When Cuenco was born the Philippines was the Captaincy General of the Philippines of the Spanish Empire

References

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  1. ^ "Jose Maria Cuenco". sea.lib.niu.edu. Southeast Asia Digital Library. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Archbishop of Jaro: Most Reverend Jose Ma. Cuenco, D.D., 1885-1972". Boletin Ecclesiastico de Filipinas. 46 (520): 748. November 1972.
  3. ^ "Class Notes 1905" (PDF). 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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. Delfín 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Archbishop of Jaro: Most Reverend Jose Ma. Cuenco, D.D., 1885-1972". Boletin Ecclesiastico de Filipinas. 46 (520): 748. November 1972.
  8. ^ "Archbishop of Jaro: Most Reverend Jose Ma. Cuenco, D.D., 1885-1972". Boletin Ecclesiastico de Filipinas. 46 (520): 748. November 1972.
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ "Archbishop of Jaro: Most Reverend Jose Ma. Cuenco, D.D., 1885-1972". Boletin Ecclesiastico de Filipinas. 46 (520): 748. November 1972.
  11. ^ "Archbishop of Jaro: Most Reverend Jose Ma. Cuenco, D.D., 1885-1972". Boletin Ecclesiastico de Filipinas. 46 (520): 748. November 1972.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Hemeria
1941–1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Jaro
1945–1972 		Succeeded by
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