Logo Design Explanation

The Border of the Logo - is designed as a door inspired from a temple in the olden times. It represents as a jubilee door that reminds us of the past and allow us to be in the present and gives us a view of the future.

The Cross, Host and the Sun - stands for the 100 years or century old as a Diocese.

The Cross - represents the one and truly Christ in the life of the Church in Zamboanga.

The Round White Host - stands for the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist. It sustains the faith of the people of Zamboanga and it brings the faithful together every time the Eucharist is celebrated.

The Eight Sun Rays - are representatives of the eight (8) Bishops and Archbishops who shared their love, talent, time and faith to help the Archdiocese become what it is now. read more

My Dear People of God in the Archdiocese of Zamboanga

We are deeply grateful to our Almighty God and to our beloved Nuestra Señora La  Virgen del Pilar for the gift of Faith. On April 10, 1910, His Holiness, Pope Pius X formally created our local church a Diocese, establishing us as the first ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Mindanao that covered the entire islands of Mindanao and Sulu, thus making the Archdiocese of Zamboanga the Mother Diocese of the Church in Mindanao. It was only proper that we were erected a Diocese because by the year 1910, Zamboanga was a flourishing Catholic community. read more