Jose Elmer Mangalinao

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Imasand the surname or paternal family name is Mangalinao.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao D.D.
Bishop of Bayombong
Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao (August 2024, Baliwag Church)
Province	Tuguegarao
See	Bayombong
Appointed	May 24, 2018
Installed	July 25, 2018
Predecessor	Ramon Barrera Villena
Previous post(s)	Chairman, CBCP Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education [1] (2021–2023) Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan (2016–2018) Titular Bishop of Urusi (2016–2018)
Orders
Ordination	October 15, 1985
Consecration	August 22, 2016 by  Socrates Villegas
Personal details
Born	(1960-04-07) April 7, 1960 (age 65) Cabiao, Nueva Ecija
Nationality	Filipino
Motto	Laetitia in Domino (Joy in the Lord)
Coat of arms

Styles of Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao (born April 7, 1960) is a Filipino bishop of the Catholic Church. He is the third and current Bishop of Bayombong since 2018. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Biography

Mangalinao was born in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija on April 7, 1960. He studied theology at the San Carlos Seminary in Makati; among his classmates were Archbishops Socrates Villegas and Florentino Lavarias. He was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Cabanatuan on October 15, 1985. He served as spiritual director at the Maria Assumpta Seminary in Cabanatuan and was concurrent Parish Priest at the Saint Isidore the Worker Parish in Talavera until 1993. In 1995, he obtained a licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University after two years studying in Rome.

After returning to the Philippines, he served as Parish Priest in Gapan and became Vicar General and member of the College of Consultors in 2006. He became Parish Priest of Cabanatuan Cathedral from 2008 to 2014. In 2014, he was also appointed as President of the College of the Immaculate Conception in Cabanatuan. In 2016 he was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan.

On May 24, 2018 he was appointed by Pope Francis to become Bishop of Bayombong. ^[5] He was a former chairman of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education.

Activism

On April 22, 2024, he led the Diocese and other environmental groups in filing a legal petition calling for the closure of the OceanaGold mining concession in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, which was also supported by the provincial government and other organizations. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Health

In September 2022, Mangalinao successfully underwent coronary angioplasty in a Los Angeles hospital after a myocardial infarction. ^[9] In February 2023, he also underwent a quintuple heart-bypass surgery at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan, Metro Manila. ^[10]

References

1. "Heads of CBCP Episcopal Commissions, Committees and Offices". July 8, 2021.
2. "Vatican announces appointment of Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines". press.vatican.va.
3. "Pope names new bishop of Bayombong". May 24, 2018.
4. "New Bayombong bishop installed". July 25, 2018.
5. "Bishop Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao". Union of Catholic Asian News. April 4, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
6. "Bishop, environment groups file petition against OceanaGold". Rappler. April 23, 2024.
7. "Nueva Vizcaya folk challenge OceanaGold mine renewal in court". The Philippine Star. April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
8. Villamente, Jing (April 23, 2024). "Bishop leads court plea vs Oceanagold". Daily Tribune . Retrieved April 23, 2024.
9. "Bishop Mangalinao's health condition stable after heart procedure". Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. September 6, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
10. Hermosa, Cristina (August 2, 2024). "Nueva Vizcaya bishop thankful for prayers after successful heart surgery". Manila Bulletin . Retrieved August 20, 2024.

External links

• Bishop Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao, Catholic-Hierarchy.org

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ramon Villena	Bishop of Bayombong July 25, 2018 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Julian Porteous	— TITULAR — Bishop of Urusi August 22, 2016 – May 24, 2018	Succeeded by Aquilino Bocos Merino