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Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona

Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Cáceres
SeeCáceres
Appointed8 September 2012
Installed14 November 2012
Retired2 May 2024
PredecessorLeonardo Z. Legaspi
SuccessorRex Andrew C. Alarcón
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 (age 78)
Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
EducationCentro Escolar University
Alma materSan Beda University
MottoChristi Sumus (lit.'We Belong to Christ')
Styles of
Rolando Octavus Joven T. Tirona
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop
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
PlaceManila Cathedral
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Rolando Tria Tirona as principal consecrator
Rex Andrew C. Alarcon19 March 2019
Luisito Audal Occiano21 June 2024
Tirona (August 2024, Baliwag)

Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, OCD (born July 22, 1946), is a prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Cáceres in Naga, Philippines, serving from 2012 to 2024.[1] Appointed to succeed the retiring Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi, Tirona resigned on May 2, 2024 and made Rex Andrew Alarcón, then Bishop of Daet, as his successor. Until Alarcón’s installation, Tirona continued to serve as the archdiocese's archbishop as Apostolic Administrator.

Biography

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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

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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.

On April 21, 2024, Tria Tirona celebrated the Golden jubilee of his ordination in a thanksgiving Mass at the Naga Cathedral.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pope appoints Infanta bishop to Caceres: First Carmelite Prelate in the Archdiocese".
  2. ^ a b Escandor, Juan Jr (9 September 2012). "CamSur has new bishop". newsinfo.inquirer.net.
  3. ^ "Rome Appoints Tirona New Archbishop of Caceres". September 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Archbishop Tirona marks 50 years as priest". Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. April 23, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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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