The Jorge Barlin monument is located at the corner of old Calle Elcano (now Barlin Street) and Arana Street. Barlin was the first Filipino Catholic bishop in the country. He was born in Baao, Camarines Sur in 1850. After his ordination in 1875, he became the capellan de solio (chaplain) of Nueva Caceres Cathedral, later becoming the vicar forane of the province of Sorsogon and parish priest of Sorsogon town.
Bishop Jorge Barlin was a groundbreaking figure in Philippine history. He holds the distinction of being the first Filipino consecrated as a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He died while on a visit to Rome.
He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1875, and consecrated a bishop on June 29, 1906, by Archbishop Ambrose Agius along with co-consecrators Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty and Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker. “Barlín proved very capable and loyal, dealing a blow to the schismatic Iglesia Filipina Independiente by resisting its recruitment efforts and winning a court battle over church property,” according to Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.[2]
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The Museo del Seminario Conciliar de Nueva Caceres is an ecclesiastical museum housing the images, paintings, relics, old bibles and artifacts of the Archdiocese of Nueva Caceres.
Celebrating the 300th year of the Bicolano devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia, this commemorative arch was formally opened on September 9, 2010. It is one of the most iconic landmarks in Naga City.
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