SVD Philippines

In the Philippines, the Divine Word Missionaries arrived in Bangued, Abra in 1909. Today, it is evident that the missionary grains planted by Saint Arnold on the Philippine soil are now bearing hundreds of fruits. Now, there are more than 500 Filipino SVDs and around 140 of them are doing missionary works abroad.

In the Philippines, the SVD has three ecclesiastical provinces:

The Philippine North (PHN)

that comprises mission from Pangasinan to Aparri,

The Philippine Central (PHC)

that covers Tarlac, Metro Manila, Mindoro, Bicol Region and Palawan, and

The Philippine South (PHS)

which is present in the Visayas and Mindanao islands.