The Episcopal See of Manila was erected by Pope
Gregory XVIII with the publication of his Bull Fulti Praesidio
on December 21, 1581. It was elevated into a Metropolitan
Church on August 14, 1595 through the Bull of erection of
Pope Clement VIII with the Diocese of Santisimo Nombre de
Jesus in Cebu, the Diocese of Nueva Caceres in Naga and
the Diocese of Nueva Segovia in Lallo, Cagayan as its
suffrage.