On April 10, 1910, the Diocese of Zamboanga became created and took all ecclesiastical territories in Mindanao far from Cebu. Then, on January 20, 1933, Pope Pius XI created Cagayan de Oro as the 2nd diocese in Mindanao. During this time Mindanao became divided into dioceses, Zamboanga, and Cagayan de Oro.
In 1934 due to the scarce wide variety of missionaries and considering Davao has handiest 8 Jesuits administering it, Bishop Luis del Rosario of Zamboanga searched for overseas assistance and was certainly considered one among the people who replied and became the Foreign Mission Society of Quebec or popularly called P. Fathers or La Société des Missions-Étrangères (in French: Pretres de Missions-Étrangères,).
In 1937, the primary P. Fathers who arrive right here in Davao had been Fr. Clovis Rondeau, Omer Leblanc, Leo Lamy, Conrad Cote, and Msgr. Clovis Thibault became the principal proponent of organizing the Parish of Padada. On December 17, 1949, Davao have become the Prelature Nullius to which Clovis Thibault became appointed as administrator. Michael Parish Of Padada, On June 29, 1951, Pope, Plus XI improved Cagayan de Oro to an archdiocese collectively with Jaro. The Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro has become the primary archdiocese in Mindanao.
When Davao became later improved right into a diocese, Bishop Thibault became canonically instituted as its ruling bishop on July 11, 1966. Clovis Thibault throughout the Parish fiesta of Digos on August 22, 1952. They had been welcomed via way of means of the humans of Padada withinside the individual of Mayor Gregorio Matas, Bonifacio Semilla the president of the Catholic Association, and plenty of others who had been supportive of the stated plan. Padada Parish Church, Christians throughout this time need to be excited upon listening to the news.
Right after that day, they repaired the antique chapel and later on moved it withinside the house of the Yap Family that's the area of the church at the gift. They efficiently did it 3 weeks time earlier than their fiesta with the assistance of the humans. We couldn't be positive whether or not they dismantled it piece via way of means of a piece or carried the complete shape all of the manners to its new location like what we Filipinos typically do in Bayanihan which substantially witness our spirit of communal cohesion and attempt. On September 29 of that year,
Fr. Gravel celebrated the yearly fiesta of St. Michael the archangel withinside the new site. Gravel became the primary and was stated to be the longest-assigned priest of Padada. Even at the gift, his character persisted withinside the recollections of the humans because of the riding pressure who laid the principles in their dream.
