The Caviteño clergy has been known for their more progressive outlook in the ministry. During the Martial Law days, many priests of Cavite led by their Bishop were involved in fighting for justice, protecting the rights of people, and opposing the oppressive policies of the dictatorship. Bishop Felix Perez, D.D., himself who came from a family of patriots, was dubbed as one of the “Magnificent Seven.” Together with six other bishops, they fought politics, which reign within the Church itself when the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines was controlled by the triumvirate of Cardinals Santos, Rosales, and Archbishop Alberto. The same seven bishops were the first to send an open manifesto opposing the imposition of Martial Law. Frs. Avelino Sapida, Rosendo Ignacio, Jose Dizon, Dominador Medina, and Arturo Balagat have been very active along this line.

There are, at present, a lot of young priests of the Diocese who are excelling in their own field. Fr. Luis Antonio Tagle known for his great erudition as a member of the Pontifical Theological Commission; Fr. Corsie Legaspi for his healing ministry; Fr. Sharkey Brown, Jr., has been well known along the field of psycho spiritual formation. The likes of Frs. Phem Peregrino, Roel Castañeda, Jolo Leonardo, Hermie Asilo, Bernie Alejo, Alain Manalo, and Efren Bugayong have excelled in their own respective fields.

The clergy of Cavite has also widened its scope of apostolate by accepting the chaplaincy for migrant Filipinos in Spain, Austria, France, and Italy. Fr. Avelino Sapida has pioneered the chaplaincy for Filipinos in Europe and has recently convinced the Archdiocese of Barcelona to declare the Filipino Chaplaincy as a personal parish. This new form of apostolate has thousands of Filipinos, who remained steadfast in their faith. It also protected their rights while away from their motherland. This chaplaincy may well be considered as the “sixth vicariate” of the Diocese.

On February 24, 1962, His Excellency, Most Rev. Artemio Casas, D.D., was solemnly consecrated as Bishop at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Manila. The clergy of Cavite paid their homage to their new bishop.

Besides the diocesan priesthood, Cavite has produced a lot of vocation to the religious life both for men and women. Cavite has also produced bishops namely, Bishop Leopoldo Arcaira, former Auxiliary Bishop of Malolos; Cirilo Almario, Jr., Bishop Emeritus of Malolos; Teodoro Buhain, Auxiliary of Manila; Rolando Tirona, Bishop of Malolos, and Pedro Arigo, Ordinary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Palawan. Bishop Godofredo Pedernal considers himself a Caviteño since his mother is a Caviteña, and he grew up in Cavite City. Bishop Cesar Ma. Guerrero also traced his ancestry from Cavite City. More recently, Cavite was blessed with Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle, D.D., who was once the Ordinary of Imus and now Archbishop of Manila.