List of Catholic Schools in the Philippines
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The following is a List of Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the Philippines.
Most of the Roman Catholic religious order
s have their own schools. These include:
Order of Saint Augustine
Order of Preachers
Society of Jesus
Little Brothers of Mary
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Most of the Roman Catholic religious order
Roman Catholic religious order
Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...
s have their own schools. These include:
Order of Augustinian Recollects or OAR (Recoletos)
- Colegio de Santo Tomas – Recoletos, San Carlos City, Negros OccidentalSan Carlos City, Negros OccidentalSan Carlos City is a 2nd class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. The settlement was elevated to city status on July 1, 1960 per Republic Act 2643...
- San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Cavite, Cavite CityCavite CityThe City of Cavite is a fourth class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. The city occupies a hook shaped peninsula jutting out into Manila Bay. Cavite City used to be the capital of the province...
- San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila, Quiapo, ManilaQuiapo, ManilaQuiapo is a district and city square of Manila. Referred as the "Old Downtown", Quiapo in known for where cheap buys or goods are being sold at rock-bottom prices and was the home of the Quiapo Church, where the feast for the Black Nazarene is held, with over millions of people attending...
- University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos, Bacolod CityBacolod CityThe City of Bacolod , is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in...
- University of San Jose – Recoletos, Cebu CityCebu CityThe City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was...
Order of Saint AugustineOrder of Saint AugustineThe Order of St. Augustine —historically Ordo Eremitarum Sancti Augustini", O.E.S.A.), generally called Augustinians is a Catholic Religious Order, which, although more ancient, was formally created in the thirteenth century and combined of several previous Augustinian eremetical Orders into one...
or OSA (Augustinians)
- University of San AgustinUniversity of San AgustinThe University of San Agustin is a private Catholic university in Iloilo City, Philippines, the first in Western Visayas.-History:Augustinian friars from Spain belonging to the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Philippines founded the University of San Agustin on July 15, 1904. They...
(Main), Iloilo CityIloilo CityThe City of Iloilo is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines and the capital city of Iloilo province. It is the regional center of the Western Visayas, as well as the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area... - Colegio de San Agustin, Makati CityMakati CityThe City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...
Order of PreachersDominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
or OP (Dominicans)
- Angelicum CollegeAngelicum CollegeAngelicum , formerly known as Angelicum School Quezon City, a Filipino Dominican institution is known in the Philippine academe for its successful formation of the Non-graded System of education in 1972. Founded by Rev. Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcón who became its first Rector...
- Aquinas University of LegazpiAquinas UniversityAquinas University of Legazpi is a school in Legazpi City, Philippines run and owned by the Dominican fathers. It was founded by Don Buenaventura de Erquiaga in 1948 as Legazpi Junior Colleges; the name subsequently changed to Legazpi College, and it became a university in 1968.-Foundation:Legazpi...
- Colegio de San Juan de LetranColegio de San Juan de LetranThe Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Letran College, or simply Letran is a private Roman Catholic institution of learning located in Intramuros, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1620. Colegio de San Juan de Letran has the distinction of being the oldest college in the...
- Dominican CollegeDominican CollegeThere are several current and former institutions of higher learning named Dominican College.-Higher education:*Dominican College , a four-year private college in Orangeburg, New York...
- Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomás, The Catholic University of the PhilippinesUniversity of Santo TomasThe Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...
Society of JesusSociety of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
or SJ (Jesuits)
- Ateneo de Davao UniversityAteneo de Davao UniversityThe Ateneo de Davao University is a private and research Catholic university administered by the Society of Jesus in Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. It was established in 1948...
- Ateneo de Manila UniversityAteneo de Manila UniversityThe Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
- Ateneo de Naga UniversityAteneo de Naga UniversityThe Ateneo de Naga University is a private university run by the Society of Jesus in Naga City in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. It was established in 1940.-Academic philosophy:...
- Ateneo de Zamboanga UniversityAteneo de Zamboanga UniversityThe Ateneo de Zamboanga University is a Catholic and Jesuit university in Western Mindanao. It is also known by the acronym AdZU. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1912, it is the second oldest Jesuit school in the Philippines. It initially catered to primary and secondary education for boys. It...
- Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
- Loyola College of CulionLoyola College of CulionThe Loyola College of Culion is a college run by the Society of Jesus in Brgy. Libis, Culion in the province of Palawan, Philippines.It was established in 1936, and became a college in 1985. The school took on its present name in 1988.-Beginnings:...
Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae or (CICM)
- Saint Louis University, Baguio CitySaint Louis University, Baguio CitySaint Louis University is a private educational institution in Baguio City, approximately two hundred fifty kilometers north of Manila. The school was established in 1911 by the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae missionaries, to further Christianize the northern Philippines...
- Saint Mary's University of Bayombong, Nueva VizcayaSaint Mary's University of Bayombong, Nueva VizcayaSaint Mary’s University is a Roman Catholic institution owned by the Belgian missionary congregation CICM located in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines...
- University of Saint Louis–Tuguegarao
- Saint Louis College La UnionSaint Louis College La UnionSaint Louis College is a college in San Fernando City, La Union, the Philippines. It was founded by the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae . There are also sister schools of SLC, like Saint Louis University , in Baguio, and University of Saint Louis in Tuguegarao City.-External links:*...
- Maryhill School of TheologyMaryhill School of TheologyMaryhill School of Theology is an institute for theological studies which holistically engages its students to do theology based upon a careful reflection on the Judaeo-Christian Tradition and then holding it alongside the present day situation as its critique and inspiration...
Little Brothers of MaryMarist BrothersThe Marist Brothers, or Little Brothers of Mary, are a Catholic religious order of brothers and affiliated lay people. The order was founded in France, at La Valla-en-Gier near Lyon in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young French priest of the Society of Mary...
(Fratres Maristae a Scolis) or FMS (Marist)
- Notre Dame of Dadiangas UniversityNotre Dame of Dadiangas UniversityThe Notre Dame of Dadiangas University is a school in General Santos City. It is a Catholic institution run by the Marist Brothers or FMS . It offers undergraduate and graduate courses as well as pre-elementary and basic education. Further, it offers a broad spectrum of academic programs through...
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolsInstitute of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolsThe Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
(Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) or FSC (LaSallian)
Society of the Divine Word (SVD)
- Holy Name UniversityHoly Name UniversityHoly Name University or HNU is a Catholic institution of higher learning located in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. It is a private, non-profit, co-educational university run by the Society of the Divine Word or SVD...
- Tagbilaran - University of San CarlosUniversity of San CarlosThe University of San Carlos is a Roman Catholic university governed by the Society of the Divine Word since 1935 in Cebu City. It offers pre-elementary and basic education as well as undergraduate and graduate courses, and a broad spectrum of academic programs through its eight colleges.It...
- Cebu CityCebu CityThe City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was...