Philippines Philately Cardinal Sin

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2006, February 25. His Eminence Jaime Cardinal L. Sin

Litho Offset. Amstar Company, Inc. Perf. 14.

Singles, Sheets of 50 (10 x 5); Souvenir Sheets of 4

     7p Cardinal Sin, Head of the Church - Singles (70,000)

   22p Cardinal Sin, Pastor of His People - Singles (50,000)


58p Souvenir Sheets of 4 (8,000)



Note: The two commemorative stamps feature His Eminence Jaime Cardinal L. Sin, Archbishop of Manila, as a religious leader, who inspired two historic People Power Revolutions in the Philippines. The first stamp shows Cardinal Sin, seated as "Head of the Church", garbed in red cossack with a golden pectoral cross and the Manila Cathedral as background. He was Archbishop of Manila for 25 years. The second stamp shows Cardinal Sin as a "Pastor of his People", wearing the traditional mitre and holding a staff (baculum), both symbols of authority attached to his position. Behind him is the image of Our Lady and EDSA Shrine.

First Day Covers: Manila

Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin, the 30th Archbishop of Manila, was born August 31, 1928 in New Washington, Aklan, a small town in an island in the central Philippines. He was the seventh of nine children of Juan Sin, a Chinese businessman who had migrated to the Philippines, and Maxima Reyes Lachica.

He was ordained to the priesthood on April 3, 1954 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepcion in Roxas City, Capiz.

He was appointed Domestic Prelate by Pope XXIII on February 26, 1960 and on February 10, 1967 was appointed Titular Bishop of Obba and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Jaro. Consecrated to the Episcopacy on March 18, 1967, he was named Apostolic Administrator Sede Plena of the Archdiocese of Jaro on June 20, 1970.

He was appointed by Pope John VI as the 30th Archbishop of Manila on January 21, 1974 and installed on March 19, 1974 at the Manila Cathedral. He chose the motto "Serviam" (I will serve). Two years later, he was elevated to the rank of a Cardinal during the Consistory in Rome on May 26, 1976. He was the third Filipino appointed Cardinal by the Pope.

On January 17,2005, the Grandmaster of the Equestrian Order, His Eminence Carlo Cardinal Furno, representing His Holiness, John Paul II issued the Golden Palm of Jerusalem Certificate in honor of His Eminence, Jaime Cardinal L. Sin, D.D. in Rome. The well-deserved award is in recognition of Cardinal Sin's "active benevolence in the Holy Church" while serving as Grand Prior of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in the Philippines. His Eminence is the first Filipino to receive this award.

In the same year, he and close friend, John Paul II, both faithful servants have been called home.

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