Welcome to the Yllana cyberhome

Very few families can boast of a name where everyone who bears it comes from the same ancestry. During the 19th century, a sailor from Spain set foot in Philippine soil and started to settle in its islands. The first Yllana family ancestral hometown was in Naga City, in the Bicol Region in the late 19th century. It is from there that the brood was born and raised.

During the 50's and 60's, many have started to raise their families in Metropolitan Manila. Today, about 85 percent of it's family members have settled in several cities across the United States of America, and just a handful in our homeland.

With the advancement of technology and the Internet in these information age, we hope this website could be a convergence point for the family members to share family news, views, information, announcements and even photos for all of us to see. The world is now such a small place and no matter how far we are apart, we are just one e-mail away.

Send your comments, suggestions and contributions to ryllana@yahoo.com

Check the newly posted Yllana Family chart. For the complete genealogy report go to Yllana Family Tree.

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana ordained by Pope John Paul II January 6, 2002

His Holiness POPE JOHN PAUL II confered Episcopal Ordination on Monsignor Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana , now the Titular Archbishop of Montecorvino, Apostolic Nuncio in Papua New Guinea and in The Solomon Islands on January 6, 2002, Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. It was held at the Patriachal Basilica of Saint Peter at the Vatican.

Msgr. Adolfo Tito Yllana, formerly the nunciature counsellor in Taipei Taiwan, was appointed as apostolic nuncio in Papua New Guinea, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of Archbishop last December 13,2001. Archbishop Yllana was born in Naga City Camarines Sur, Philippines, on February 6, 1948, and ordained to the priesthood in March 19, 1972 in the Archdiocese of Nueva Caceres after his graduation from the Holy Rosary Seminary also in Naga City.

He started his diplomatic career after finishing his studies at the Academia Ecclesiastica, the premier academy for the diplomatic corps in Vatican,graduating summa cum laude. Prior to that he took his doctorate in Civil and Cannon Law from Lateran University in Rome. His previous diplomatic post were in Ghana Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Lebanon, Hungary and Taipei Taiwan until his appointment last December 13, 2001 to his new assignment in Papua New Guinea. He is the second Filipino Papal Nuncio of the Holy See.

Yllana relatives came from Manila and the USA to witness the significant and memorable event.

Keona's Christening

Dallas Christmas Reunion 2001

The Galveston affair to remember

Aurora and Gordon wed on June 9, 2001 at the Sacred Heart Church Broadway Galveston Texas. The Reception was held at the Garten Verein Pavilion. The weather was damp, but still an eventful day.

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Ken and Spice make their wedding dreams come true.

In keeping with tradition, Ken and Spice wanted to celebrate their happiest day in the company of family and friends in an elegant and historic setting.

Spice used her skills as a project engineer to coordinate their wedding in Cincinnati, Ohio from hundreds of miles away in Albany, New York. In nontraditional fashion, Kenneth and Giovanna coordinated, funded, and hosted their Millennium wedding.

They wanted a traditional Catholic wedding that also celebrated Giovanna’s Filipino and Spanish cultures. They chose the Cathedral Basilica of Assumption in Covington, Kentucky where her uncle from the Vatican, Monsignor Tito Camacho Yllana officiated the marriage.

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