Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam

The Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam (also known as the Philippine–Vietnamese Diocese or the Filipino-Vietnamese Diocese, Russian: Филиппинско-Вьетнамская епархия, romanized: Filippinsko-Vyetnamskaya yeparhiya) is a diocese of the Patriarchate of Moscow created on 26 February 2019, directly under the Patriarchal Exarchate in Southeast Asia (PESEA). == History == === Philippine Orthodox Church === ==== Overview ==== In March 2014, the five diocesan provinces of Sarangani, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato and Maguindanao of the Philippine Independent Church (also known as Aglipayans), led by their two bishops Esteban Valmera and Rogelio Ringor together with thirteen other Aglipayan clergy petitioned Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ to accept their dioceses, totaling 28 parishes, into the Orthodox Church.

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