In the light of our pastoral situation and impelled by our hope in Christ, We envision ourselves as genuine disciples of Jesus both in word and deed. We envision ourselves as Church in solidarity with the poor among us, living like Jesus in evangelical poverty, promoting justice and peace as Church of the Poor. We envision ourselves as an inculturated Church, understandable and credible to all cultures in our Archdiocese in its announcing of the Kingdom of God. We envision ourselves as a genuine community of disciples, striving together in communion with God, with one another and with creation. We shall be a participatory Church whose members activate their God-given gifts and charisms in full co-responsibility toward the mission and work of the Church, according to their vocations and various ways of life - Cotabato City.

Diocese in the Philippines; situated in the north-eastern section of the Island of Luzon, and embraces the three civil Provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, and Nueva Viscaya, and the two groups of the Batanes and Babuyanes Islands.