On March 31, 1521, an Easter Sunday, Magellan ordered a Mass to be celebrated which was officiated by Father Pedro Valderrama, the Andalusian chaplain of the fleet, the only priest then. Conducted near the shores of the island, the First Holy Mass marked the birth of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines.

2021年3月31日 · On Easter Sunday in 1521, Father Pedro de Valderrama celebrated the first Catholic Mass in what is now the Philippines, specifically on the island of Limasawa in Southern Leyte. The date was 31 March, and the Spanish priest was part of an expedition to the so-called “East Indies” led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

On March 31, 1521, an Easter Sunday, Magellan ordered a mass to be celebrated which was officiated by Father Pedro Valderrama, the Andalusion chaplain of the fleet, the only priest then. Conducted near the shores of the island, the Holy First Mass marked the birth of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines.

He was an Augustinian friar and missionary from Magellan's crew. In the Philippines, Valderrama celebrated the first recorded mass and baptism in 152... The first documented mass was celebrated on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday by Father Pedro de Valderrama who was part of Ferdinand Magellan's expeditio...

Father Pedro de Valderrama, the sole remaining priest from Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, conducted the mass. This marked the beginning of the spread of Roman Catholicism in the country and Asia. There is some debate about whether the exact location was Limasawa Island or the city of Butuan.

Pedro Valderama was a Spanish friar and the chaplain of Magellan, who conducted the first Catholic mass in the Philippiines. Magellan ordered the mass to be celebrated, which took place on 31 March 1521 (Easter Sunday).

2019年11月27日 · Who is Father Pedro de Valderrama? Father Pedro de Valderrama was the only priest in Magellan’s crew, who was given the task of celebrating the first Holy Mass on the shores of Limasawa, an island at the tip of Southern Leyte.

2021年5月23日 · Exactly 500 years ago, an Easter Sunday, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was celebrated by Fr. Pedro de Valderrama, OSA in the island of Mazaua in Butuan. It was a momentous historical event which paved the way for the eventual establishment of our country.

In 1610, the Augustinian friar Pedro de Valderrama successfully preached at Seville’s Casa Profesa, where the Jesuits had gathered to celebrate Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s beatification. Almost one year later, the Jesuit François Solier decided to translate it, a step that created new enemies for the Society of Jesus-notably, the Faculty of ...