SVD Philippines

The Philippines is the last country where SVD missionaries were sent by St. Arnold. From a pair of missionaries who arrived and worked in Pilar, Abra on August 15, 1909, its membership flourished tremendously. Initially, the inflow of missionaries from other countries, the tremendous exemplary missionary activities, the intensified vocation recruitment of Filipino candidates, and the formation centers contributed greatly to this growth.

The Philippine missions consisted initially of one province and several districts. However, with this rapid expansion, SVD Philippines decided to divide itself into three territorial provinces in 1981 namely:

Northern Province

Central Province

Southern Province

Presently, there are about 526 Filipino SVD priests and brothers.