Prelates of Jaro Archdiocese
Most Reverend Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D.
The Most Reverend Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D. (Born August 2, 1940) is the current archbishop and also president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.
He was born in Lucban in the Province of Quezon in 1940. He attended the San Jose Seminary, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a degree in Philosophy in 1954, and a degree in theology in 1965. On December 19, 1964, Lagdameo was ordained a priest in Lucena City.
On August 12, 1980, Father Lagdameo was ordained in Lucena Cathedral as the titular bishop of Oreto. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Cebu from 1980 to 1986. In 1986, he was appointed the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Dumaguete, and succeeded to that see in 1989. He became the Archbishop of Jaro in 2000 and was elected the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines in 2005.
Most Rev. Gerardo Alimane Alminaza, D.D.
Msgr. Gerardo Alimane Alminaza of the Diocese of Bacolod. Fr. Alminaza is presently assigned as Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary of the Diocese of Bacolod. He is nominated by Pope Benedict XVI on May 29, 2008 as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Jaro.
Bishop-elect Gerardo Alminaza was born in San Jose, Sipalay, Negros Occidental on 14 August 1959. He studied Philosophy at Sacred Heart Seminary in Bacolod and completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He also had his post graduate studies at Fordham University in New York and obtained his Doctorate in Educational Management at the University of Negros Occidental in Bacolod City.
He was ordained to the Sacred Order of Presbyters on April 29, 1996 for the Diocese of Bacolod.
He was assigned as Parochial Vicar of the Parish of St. Francis Xavier in Kabankalan. He also served as Dean of Studies, then Spiritual Director, and then before the nomination as Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary in Bacolod City. He is also the Chairman of the Commission on Clergy of the Diocese of Bacolod.
Bishop Alminaza holds the title as Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacenea
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