Jose Francisco Oliveros
Jose Francisco Oliveros | |
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| 4th Bishop of Malolos | |
 Oliveros in 2014 | |
| See | Malolos |
| Appointed | May 14, 2004 |
| In office | August 5, 2004 - May 11, 2018 |
| Predecessor | Rolando Tirona |
| Successor | Dennis Villarojo |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Boac (2000–04) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | November 28, 1970 by Paul VI |
| Consecration | March 20, 2000 by Antonio Franco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jose Francisco Oliveros September 11, 1946 |
| Died | May 11, 2018 (aged 71) Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines |
| Buried | Malolos Cathedral Crypt |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary |
| Motto | Confido in Misericordia Dei (I trust in the mercy of God) |
| Styles of Jose F. Oliveros | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Most Rev. Jose Francisco Oliveros, D.D. (September 11, 1946 – May 11, 2018) was a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos.
Life[edit]
Oliveros was born on September 11, 1946. His parents were Vicente Oliveros and Angelina Francisco, from Quezon in the eponymous province. He studied at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Minor Seminary in Sariaya and the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary in Manila. He completed his master’s degree in psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University and a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy.
He was ordained a priest on November 28, 1970 at Luneta (Rizal Park) in Manila by Pope Paul VI.[1] He was incardinated in 1984. Pope John Paul II appointed him on February 2, 2000, Bishop of the Diocese of Boac. He was consecrated bishop on March 20, 2000, in the Cathedral of San Diego de Alcala in Gumaca, Quezon by Archbishop Antonio Franco, former Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.[2] The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, then-Archbishop of Lipa and Bishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez, then-Bishop of Gumaca.
On May 14, 2004, Oliveros was appointed Bishop of Malolos. He was installed on August 5, 2004, at Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Malolos Cathedral) in Malolos.
He died on May 11, 2018, after a lengthy illness, particularly prostate cancer, at age 71. He is the first bishop of Malolos to die in office. Among his last activities were the episcopal ordination of Most Rev. Bartolome G. Santos, who, at that time, was recently appointed as the 5th Bishop of Iba, which he celebrated alongside San Fernando, Pampanga Archbishop Florentino Lavarias and Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle at the Malolos Cathedral on April 30, 2018, and his last two masses at the San Miguel Arcangel Parishes in the towns of Marilao and San Miguel held on May 8, 3 days before his death. He is buried at the crypt of the Malolos Cathedral.[3] Upon Oliveros' death, Pope Francis appointed Honesto Ongtioco, then second bishop of Balanga, Bataan from April 8, 1998 to August 28, 2003 and bishop of Cubao since August 28, 2003, as the diocese's sede vacante apostolic administrator from May 11, 2018 until the installation of Dennis Villarojo as fifth bishop on August 21, 2019.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Oliveros". cbcpwebsite.com. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop José Francisco Oliveros". Catholic-Hierarchy]. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ^ Esmaquel, Paterno II (May 11, 2018). "Malolos Bishop Jose Oliveros dies at 71". Rappler.
External links[edit]
Media related to José Francisco Oliveros at Wikimedia Commons
