Jorge Barlín was born April 23, 1850, in
Baao, Camarines Sur, the Philippines to Mateo Alfonso Barlín and Francisca Imperial. He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1875, and consecrated a bishop on June 29, 1906, by Archbishop
Ambrose Agius along with co-consecrators Archbishop
Jeremiah James Harty and Bishop
Frederick Zadok Rooker. "Barlín proved very capable and loyal, dealing a blow to the schismatic
Iglesia Filipina Independiente by resisting its recruitment efforts and winning a court battle over church property," according to
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. He died and was interred in
Rome,
Italy in 1909 during an ad limina visit of the Philippine bishops. Attempts to have his body returned to the Philippines were unsuccessful. Monuments commemorating Jorge Barlín were built in his hometown's plaza in Baao, Camarines Sur, and another called Plaza Barlin in
Naga, Camarines Sur. ==See also==