Greek settlement in the Philippines

Greek settlement in the Philippines is a small community of descendants of ethnic Greeks who settled the country since the Spanish colonization of the country.

Greeks in the Philippines
Total population
575 (2000 Philippines census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Manila · Legazpi City
Languages
English · Filipino · Greek
Religion
Greek Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Greek people

Overview

According to some historical accounts, there were already Greek settlers in the country as early as the 18th century, most are sailors and traders, and fishermen.[2]

During the early 20th century, a number of Greek sailors and immigrants came to the country and settled. One group came to the city of Legazpi[3] on the island of Luzon who kept their Greek identities and have become distinguished public figures and intellectuals in the country.

Adamson University in Manila was founded by a Greek immigrant, George Lucas Adamson. He also founded the first Greek Orthodox church in the Philippines, two paper mills, and a shipping company.[4] Currently Greek immigrants come into the country for work or brought back by Filipinos.

See also

References
  1. Population by country of citizenship, sex, and urban/rural residence; each census, 1985–2004, United Nations Statistics Division, 2005, retrieved 2011-06-15; figure for Greece is at line 2306
  2. Blair, Emma Helen; Robertson, James Alexander; Bourne, Edward Gaylord; Alvarez de Abreu, Antonio (1903-01-01). The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenthe century;. Cleveland, O., The A.H. Clark Company.
  3. "Greeks in the Philippines". www.hri.org. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
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