The Chancery Department of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila is the Secretariat of the diocese. One of its functions is to receive documents and authorize changes and corrections in the registers of baptism, confirmation and marriage. In addition, it is also tasked with reviewing documents and issuing dispensation for marriage banns, permits for mixed marriages, inter-church and inter-faith marriages, marriages between local and foreign nationals and other related documents falling within the competence of Chancellors.

This section describes the procedures and requirements for making record changes and reconstructions.