Cebu Archdiocese

Philippine history and the beginnings of the Archdiocese of Cebu coincide at the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet in what was then the town of Zubu, ruled by Rajah Humabon and his Queen. The encounter between two different cultures began auspiciously, culminating in the baptism of eight hundred subjects of Humabon. The occasion merited for the Queen a gift from the conquistadores, a small statue of the Child Jesus in kingly regalia, orb and scepter in hand, an elaborate crown on its head.