Rolando Tria Tirona

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Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona

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Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres
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Archbishop Tirona in 2017
See Caceres
Appointed8 September 2012
Installed22 November 2012
Retired22 February 2024
Predecessor Leonardo Z. Legaspi
Successor Rex Andrew C. Alarcon
Other post(s) Auxiliary Bishop of Manila
Bishop of Malolos
Prelate of Infanta
Titular Bishop of Vulturaria
Orders
Ordination21 April 1974
Consecration29 December 1994
by  Jaime Cardinal Sin
Personal details
Born
Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona

(1946-07-22)July 22, 1946
Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
Denomination Roman Catholic
MottoChristi Sumus (lit.'We Belong to Christ')
Styles of
Rolando Octavus Joven T. Tirona
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop
Ordination history of
Rolando Tria Tirona
History
Priestly ordination
Date21 April 1974
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorCardinal Jaime Sin
Co-consecratorsJulio Labayen
Teodoro Buhain Jr.
Date29 December 1994
Place Manila Cathedral
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Rolando Tria Tirona as principal consecrator
Rex Andrew C. Alarcon 19 March 2019

Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, OCD (born July 22, 1946), is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Caceres in Naga, Philippines, serving from 2012 to 2024. [1] He was appointed to succeed the retiring Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi of Caceres. Pope Francis accepted his resignation on February 22, 2024 and appointed Daet Bishop Rex Andrew Alarcon as his successor. Until Alarcon's installation, Tirona continued to head the archdiocese as apostolic administrator.

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Biography

Rolando Tirona was born on July 22, 1946, in Kawit, he finished his elementary and secondary education at Centro Escolar University in 1952 and 1958. He completed a degree in political science at San Beda College before he entered San Carlos Seminary in Makati to finish philosophy in 1968. [2] He entered Carmel on August 15, 1964, and solemnly professed vows on February 10, 1968. He was ordained priest on April 21, 1974, in Rome. He was ordained as bishop on December 29, 1994, at the Manila Cathedral.

He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Manila from 1994 to 1996. He was appointed apostolic administrator of Malolos in January 1996 and served as bishop of the Diocese of Malolos from 1996 to 2003. He became the bishop of Infanta in Quezon province for nine years (2003–2012). [3]

Archbishop of Caceres

On September 8, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI elevated Tirona to Archbishop of Caceres, replacing the retiring Leonardo Legaspi. [2]

The Archdiocese of Cáceres is a Metropolitan See that comprises the Bicol region, while directly overseeing the third, fourth and fifth congressional districts of Camarines Sur and is centered in Naga. The Archdiocese, having been founded in 1595 in the Royal City of Nueva Caceres (modern-day Naga), is considered one of the oldest in the Philippines with Cebu, Segovia and Manila, and once had jurisdiction that stretched from Samar in the south to Isabela Province in the north. The seat of the Archdiocese is in Pilgrim City of Naga.

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References

  1. "Pope appoints Infanta bishop to Caceres: First Carmelite Prelate in the Archdiocese".
  2. 1 2 Escandor, Juan Jr (9 September 2012). "CamSur has new bishop". newsinfo.inquirer.net.
  3. "Rome Appoints Tirona New Archbishop of Caceres". September 10, 2012.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Malolos
1996–2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prelate of Infanta
2003–2012
Succeeded by
Bernardino C. Cortez
Preceded by Archbishop of Caceres
2012–2024
Succeeded by