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Letran

Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Dalubhasaan ng San Juan de Letran
Seal of Colegio de San Juan de Letran.svg
Latin:
Former names
 Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran and Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo
Motto Deus, Patria, LETRAN
Motto in English
 For God, Fatherland, LETRAN
Type Private, Roman Catholic, Dominican
Established 1620
Founder Don Juan Alonso Jeronimo Guerrero and Fray Diego de Santa Maria O.P.
Chancellor Very Rev. Fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, S.Th.D
Rector Rev. Fr. Clarence Victor Marquez, OP, S.Th.D (Letran-Manila, Letran-Bataan); Rev. Fr. Honorato C. Castigador, OP (Letran-Calamba)
Location Intramuros, Manila,  Philippines
14°35′36″N 120°58′36″E / 14.5932°N 120.9766°E / 14.5932; 120.9766Coordinates: 14°35′36″N 120°58′36″E / 14.5932°N 120.9766°E / 14.5932; 120.9766
Campus 1.28 hectares Intramuros, Manila; 14 hectares Calamba City, Laguna; 15 hectares Abucay, Bataan; Manaoag, Pangasinan
Hymn Himno del Colegio de Letran
Colors Royal Blue      and      Red
Nickname Letran Knights
Affiliations NCAA (Philippines), CEAP, Intramuros Consortium, U-Belt, PAASCU
Mascot Letran sm.jpg Johnny The Big Knight
Website www.letran.edu CSJL
Rector-Presidents of
Colegio de San Juan de Letran

1620-32 - Juan Alonso Jeronimo Guerrero
1632-38 - Bro. Diego de Sta. Maria
1639-43 - Fr. Sebastian de Oquendo, O.P.
1643-45 - Fr. Francisco Herrera, O.P.
1645-47 - Fr. Lucas Ruiz Montana, O.P.
1647-48 - Fr. Juan L. de Guete, O.P.
1648-50 - Fr. Rafael de la Carcel, O.P.
1650-52 - Fr. Juan de los Angeles, O.P.
1652-56 - Fr. Jeronimo de Zamora, O.P.
1656-57 - Fr. Juan de los Angeles, O.P.
1657-59 - Fr. Andres Gomez, O.P.
1659-61 - Fr. Ignacio de Herrera, O.P.
1661-63 - Fr. Pedro Camacho, O.P.
1663-65 - Fr. Andres Gomez, O.P.
1665-67 - Fr. Francisco Sanchez, O.P.
1667-69 - Fr. Andres Gomez, O.P.
1669-84 - Fr. Juan de los Angeles, O.P.
1684-86 - Fr. Tomas de los Reyes, O.P.
1686-92 - Fr. Jose Valdes, O.P.
1692-94 - Fr. Tomas de los Reyes, O.P.
1694-98 - Fr. Gregorio Giraldez, O.P.
1698–1700 - Fr. Domingo de le Escalera, O.P.
1700-02 - Fr. Juan de Sto Domingo, O.P.
1702-04 - Fr. Sebastian del Castillo, O.P.
1704-06 - Fr. Diego Nunez, O.P.
1706-10 - Fr. Francisco Ruiz, O.P.
1710-18 - Fr. Juan de Sto Domingo, O.P.
1718-20 - Fr. Pedro Bono, O.P.
1720-22 - Fr. Juan de Sto Domingo, O.P.
1722-23 - Fr. Francisco Petite, O.P.
1723-25 - Fr. Juan Caballero, O.P.
1725-35 - Fr. Juan de Arrechedera
1735-37 - Fr. Diego Saenz, O.P.
1737-41 - Fr. Vicente Salazar, O.P.
1741-42 - Fr. Bernardo Ustariz, O.P.
1742-45 - Fr. Vicente Salazar, O.P.
1745-47 - Fr. Jose Herrera, O.P.
1747-49 - Fr. Tomas Canduela, O.P.
1749-51 - Fr. Francisco Carriedo, O.P.
1751-53 - Fr. Juan de la Cruz, O.P.
1753-55 - Fr. Bernardo Ustariz, O.P.
1755-57 - Fr. Jose Herrera, O.P.
1757-59 - Fr. Diego Serrano, O.P.
1759-63 - Fr. Bernardo Ustariz, O.P.
1763-69 - Fr. Pedro Luis de Sierra, O.P.
1769-73 - Fr. Cristobal Rodriguez, O.P.
1773-77 - Fr. Andres Melendez, O.P.
1777-81 - Fr. Francisco Garcia, O.P.
1781-85 - Fr. Juan Fernandez, O.P.
1785-94 - Fr. Cristobal Rodriguez, O.P.
1794-98 - Fr. Antonio Robles, O.P.
1798–1802 - Fr. Diego Martin, O.P.
1802-14 - Fr. Pedro Galan, O.P.
1814-25 - Fr. Francisco Genoves, O.P.
1825-29 - Fr. Antonio Tavanera, O.P.
1829-33 - Fr. Tomas Rosello, O.P.
1833-45 - Fr. Francisco Mora, O.P.
1845-51 - Fr. Rafael Castro, O.P.
1851-55 - Fr. Juan Velichon, O.P.
1855-59 - Fr. Antonio Carrillo, O.P.
1859-63 - Fr. Jose R. Gonzales
1863-67 - Fr. Raimundo Rodriguez, O.P.
1867-71 - Fr. Mariano Martin, O.P.
1871-73 - Fr. Benito Corominas, O.P.
1873-74 - Fr. Pedro Perez, O.P.
1874-77 - Fr. Domingo Tressera, O.P.
1877-78 - Fr. Miguel Narro, O.P.
1878-80 - Fr. Lucio Asencio, O.P.
1880-82 - Fr. Ruperto Alarcon, O.P.
1882-86 - Fr. Miguel Narro, O.P.
1886-89 - Fr. Bernardino Nozaleda
1889-90 - Fr. Jose Maria Garcia, O.P.
1890-94 - Fr. Lucio Asencio, O.P.
1894–1903 - Fr. Marcos Lainez, O.P.
1903-10 - Fr. Jose Maria Ruiz, O.P.
1910-14 - Fr. Santiago Paya, O.P.
1914-17 - Fr. Florencio Llanos, O.P.
1917-22 - Fr. Calixto Prieto, O.P.
1922-23 - Fr. Juan Ylla, O.P.
1923-27 - Fr. Jesus Andres Villaverde, O.P.
1927-30 - Fr. Roque Ruaño, O.P.
1930-33 - Fr. Juan Ylla, O.P.
1933-34 - Fr. Silvestre Sancho, O.P.
1934-36 - Fr. Angel de Blas, O.P.
1936-45 - Fr. Juan Labrador, O.P.
1946-49 - Fr. Honorio Muñoz, O.P.
1949-52 - Fr. Evergisto Bazaco, O.P.
1952-55 - Fr. Aurelio Valbuena, O.P.
1955-61 - Fr. Angel de Blas, O.P.
1961-64 - Fr. Isidoro Katigbak, O.P.
1964-65 - Fr. Pedro Mateos, O.P.
1965-68 - Fr. Antonio Cabezon, O.P.
1968-69 - Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez, O.P.
1969-70 - Fr. Eladio Neira, O.P.
1970-74 - Fr. Antonio F. Posadas, O.P.
1974-80 - Fr. Pompeyo F. de Mesa, O.P.
1980-86 - Fr. Regino O. Cortes, O.P.
1986-89 - Fr. Thomas Lopez Francisco, O.P.
1989-92 - Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon, O.P.
1992-99 - Fr. Ramon C. Cercado, O.P.
1999–2007 - Fr. Edwin A. Lao, O.P.
2007–2015 - Fr. Tamerlane R. Lana, O.P.
2015–Present Fr. Clarence V. Marquez, O.P.

Colegio de San Juan de Letran, (CSJL, Filipino: Dalubhasaan ng San Juan de Letran, colloquially, "Letran") is a Private Roman Catholic Dominican 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 Philippines and the oldest secondary institution in Asia. It is owned and administered by the friars of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) of the Philippine Dominican Province. The school has produced Philippine presidents, revolutionary heroes, poets, legislators, members of the clergy, jurists, and it is also one of the only Philippine schools that has produced several Catholic saints who lived and studied on its campus. The school's patron saint is St. John the Baptist while its patroness is Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. The campus contains two statues, representing the two foremost alumni in the fields of secular and religious service: former Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon and Vietnamese Saint Vicente Liem de la Paz.

Letran has programs in Business, Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Digital Arts, Communication Arts, Accountancy, Engineering. The colleges are divided into six departments: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), College of Business Administration and Accountancy (CBAA), College of Education (CoEd), Institute of Communication (iCOMM), Institute of Information Technology (iIT), College of Engineering (CoE). The Colegio has successful athletic programs, particularly in basketball, football (soccer), volleyball, taekwondo, and tennis. Through the years Letran has produced numerous athletes that have donned the national colors (especially in basketball) in international events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, Jones Cup, and FIBA World Championship. Letran is a long-time member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.


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