On December 8, 2025—the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception—the Most Rev. Charlie Malapitan Inzon, OMI, was canonically installed as the fifth Archbishop of Cotabato at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, succeeding Abp. Angelito Lampon. The celebration, which coincided with the closing of the archdiocese’s 75th anniversary and the episcopal coronation of the Immaculate Conception, gathered bishops from across the country, including Cardinal Orlando Quevedo and Archbishop Julius Tonel.
For Archbishop Inzon, however,
the moment was deeply personal. He returned to the very cathedral where he had
been ordained bishop five years earlier at the height of the pandemic—before an
almost empty church, with only a handful present and even a simple monobloc
chair serving as his seat. That stark experience, he said, shaped his pastoral
vision: a ministry rooted not in grandeur but in humble service, attentive
especially to “the most abandoned and the wounded.”
Formerly Apostolic Vicar of Jolo
and a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the 60-year-old prelate
affirmed his commitment to a synodal Church where “no one is left behind,
unseen or unheard.” Entrusting his new mission to the Blessed Mother, he pledged
to lead with the heart of Christ—as shepherd, servant leader, and faithful
steward—at the service of the diverse peoples of Cotabato.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cotabato City
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