Archdiocese Caceres Nationality Filipino Successor John Bernard MacGinley | In office 1905–1909 Place of burial Rome, Italy Ordination 23 April 1850 | |
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Consecration June 29, 1906
by Archbishop Ambrose Agius, O.S.B. Birth name Jorge Barlin y Imperial Born April 23, 1850
Baao, Camarines Sur, Philippines ( 1850-04-23 ) Buried Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Italy Died 4 September 1909, Rome, Italy | ||
Jorge Barlin (April 23, 1850, Baao, Camarines Sur, Philippines – September 4, 1909, Rome, Italy) also known as Jorge Barlin Imperial, Jorge Alfonso Imperial Barlin and Jorge Barlin y Imperial following Spanish naming customs, was the first Filipino consecrated a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Caceres in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of 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.
Life
Barlin was born April 23, 1850 in Baao, Camarines Sur, the Philippines to Mateo Alfonso Barlin and Francisca Imperial and died in Rome, Italy in 1909.
He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1875 and consecrtated a bishop on June 29, 1906 by Archbishop Ambrose Agius, O.S.B. along with co-consecrators Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty and Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker. "Barlin proved very capable and loyal, dealing a blow to the schismatic Iglesia Filipinia Independiente by resisting its recruitment efforts and winning a court battle over church property," according to Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.
He died and was interred in that holy city. Attempts to have his body returned to the Philippines were not successful.
Plaza Barlin in Naga, Camarines Sur is the only monument commemorating Jorge Barlin, who was from Baao, Camarines Sur.