Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Davao

Archdiocese of Davao Archdioecesis Davaensis Arsidyosesis sa Davao
Cathedral of St Peter
Location
Country	Philippines
Territory	Davao Region
Metropolitan	Davao
Statistics
Area	2,443 km2 (943 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,324,000 913,000 (69.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 29, 1970
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Peter in Davao City
Patron saint	Saint Peter
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Romulo Valles
Auxiliary Bishops	George Beluso Rimando
Emeritus Bishops	Fernando Capalla Archbishop Emeritus (1996-2012)
Map
Jurisdiction of the metropolitan see within the Philippines.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Davao is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a metropolitan see in southern Mindanao. The archdiocese comprises the city of Davao, The Island Garden City of Samal, and the municipality of Talaingod, Davao del Norte in Davao del Norte.

Under its jurisdiction are the three suffragan dioceses of Digos, Tagum, and Mati the capital cities of the three Davao provinces.

The beginnings of the Archdiocese started with the arrival of the Augustinian Recollects in 1848 followed by the Jesuits soon after.

Its official beginnings came during its establishment as a Prelature Nullius on December 17, 1949 having the Archdiocese of Cebu as its Metropolitan. It was elevated into a Diocese on July 11, 1966 and eventually became an Archdiocese on June 29, 1970 taking as its titular patron St. Peter the Apostle whose feast day is celebrated also on June 29.

The official name given to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction is "Archidioecesis Davaensis" and San Pedro Cathedral Parish as the seat of the Archbishop.