BDMPC

Bohol Diocesan Multi-Purpose Cooperative 

It is an open type of cooperative. Its main objective is to help uplift the economic condition of the members especially the poor through  various cooperative programs and products. For more than three decades now, BDMPC still vibrant in realizing its goal. From its humble beginning, BDMPC is now serving the entire province of Bohol with its 3 branches located in the strategic places: our Tubigon branch serving the northern part and some interior towns, Ubay branch serving the eastern part of Bohol down from Talibon up to the neighboring towns of Ubay including the interior towns, and the third branch located in Jagna, Bohol serving the towns down from Jagna up to Dimiao and its neighboring towns.

When was BDMPC started?

It was then bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, Bishop Onesimo Gordoncillo started the cooperative in 1982. It was sometime in July of 1982 BDCCI, Bohol Diocesan Consumers' Cooperative Inc. was organized with  45  members and total  paid-up  capital  of P14,700.00.  It  was  registered  in  the Ministry  of  Agriculture and Food  (MAF)  on  Nov. 17, 1982  as  per Registration No. VII-ff-0388.
  
In July  1986, another cooperative was organized composed  of  teaching and  non-teaching  personnel with  an initial  paid-up  the capital  of only  P8,272.45 from 47 pioneer members. This was the BCSMPCI, the Bohol Catholic School Multi-Purpose Cooperative Inc.  It   was   registered   in   the   Ministry  of Agriculture   (MA)  on  January  22, 1990  with  its  Registration 
No. R-VII-ff-235.

These  two  coops  were all  church base having common vision and united with the same ideals. These were the reasons that consolidation came across the minds of the Officers, Staff and the General members to make these two cooperatives merge into one. The planning and documentations had started in 1992 and was finalized on September 3, 1993 during its first Joint General Assembly.

 This is now the BOHOL  DIOCESAN  MULTI-PURPOSE  COOPERATIVE (BDMPC). This was  registered  on  March 6, 1995  as  per  Registration No. CBU-CON-95-003  under  its  new name.  Membership  covers  the  Dioceses  of  Tagbilaran and Talibon.   Now as an open type of cooperative, it caters  the  entire  Province  of  Bohol and other provinces of region VII.