José Lázaro Fuerte Advíncula, Jr. (born March 30, 1952) is a
Filipino prelate
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of the
Catholic Church
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and a professed member of the
Dominican Order
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who became 33rd
Archbishop of Manila on June 24, 2021. He became a
cardinal
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in November 2020. He previously served as
bishop of San Carlos from 2001 to 2011 and
Archbishop of Cápiz from 2011 to 2021. On December 16, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Advincula as a member of the
Dicastery for Clergy.
Early life and studies
Advíncula was born on March 30, 1952, in
Dumalag, Capiz to José Firmalino Advíncula and Carmen Falsis Fuerte. He studied at
Saint Pius X Seminary High School in
Roxas City
Roxas City, officially the City of Roxas (Capiznon/ hil, Dakbanwa sang Roxas; fil, Lungsod ng Roxas), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 179,2 ...
, and stayed on after graduating to study philosophy. He then attended theology courses at the
University of Santo Tomas
The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...
in
Manila
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.
He later studied Master of Arts in Education major in Guidance and Counseling at the
De La Salle University
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and then
canon law
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at the
University of Santo Tomás
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and at the
Angelicum in
Rome
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, where he earned a licentiate in canon law. During these studies he joined the
Order of Preachers
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.
Priesthood
He was ordained a priest of the archdiocese of Cápiz on April 4, 1976.
He worked as spiritual director of the
St. Pius X Seminary
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while also Professor and Dean of Studies.
After finishing his studies abroad, he returned to the Philippines and worked at the seminary of
Nueva Segovia in
Vigan City
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Lo ...
,
Ilocos Sur
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, and in the regional seminary of
Jaro. In 1995, he became
rector of the
St. Pius X Seminary
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of Cápiz; he also held positions in the administration of the archdiocese as
defender of the bond
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,
promoter of justice, and
judicial vicar
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. In 1999, he became parish priest of Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish in
Dao, Capiz
Dao, officially the Municipality of Dao ( Capiznon/ Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang Dao''; tl, Bayan ng Dao), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,842 people.
Dao ...
.
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Bishop of San Carlos
Pope John Paul II
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appointed him bishop of San Carlos on July 25, 2001, and he received his episcopal consecration on September 8, 2001.[
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Archbishop of Capiz
On November 9, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI
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named him archbishop of Cápiz. Within the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines; ceb, Hugpong sa mga Obispo nga Katoliko sa Pilipinas;
bcl, Komperensya kan mga Obispo Katoliko kan Pilipinas; hil, Komperensya sang mga Obispo Katoliko sang Pilipinas; ilo, Kumperensya ti ...
, he has been a member of the Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith and Commission for Indigenous Peoples.
Elevation to the cardinalate
Pope Francis
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created him as a cardinal
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in a consistory on November 28, 2020, assigning him as a cardinal priest
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to San Vigilio in Via Paolo Di Dono. He was not able to attend the consistory because of COVID-19 pandemic
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risks and restrictions. On December 16, he was named a member of the Congregation for the Clergy
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.
In lieu of the November 2020 consistory, Advincula received his 'red hat' (biretta
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) and ring from Charles John Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, on June 18, 2021, at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Roxas City
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.
Tumandok killings
On January 15, 2021, all eight bishops in the ecclesiastical provinces of Capiz and Jaro (Cardinal Advincula of Capiz, Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo
Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo is a Filipino Catholic clergyman who is the thirteenth ordinary of the Archdiocese of Jaro, and the sixth to have the title of archbishop. He was born on January 23, 1949, in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique to Juan P. Lazo ...
of Jaro, Bishops Jose Corazon Tala-oc of Kalibo
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, Narciso Abellana of Romblon
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, Marvyn Maceda of San Jose de Antique, Patricio Buzon of Bacolod
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, Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, and Louie Galbines of Kabankalan) issued a joint pastoral letter calling for an investigation to the December 30, 2021 joint military and police operation in the towns of Tapaz
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in Capiz and Calinog
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in Iloilo that killed nine leaders of the Tumandok
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indigenous people's group that opposes the Jalaur mega dam project. The families of the victims claimed that they are victims of red-tagging and that firearms and explosives were planted. The pastoral letter was read on January 24.
However, the task force to end local communist armed conflict in Western Visayas region believe that the bishops have been misinformed and were prone to commit errors. The bishops were cautioned by the task force from making 'hasty, false and presumptuous conclusions' and criticized them for not issuing statements when government forces and civilians are killed in rebel attacks. The military and the police maintained that those who were killed and arrested were leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines
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and New People's Army
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Archbishop of Manila
On March 25, 2021, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Manila, to succeed Luis Antonio Tagle
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, who vacated the post on February 9, 2020 after being appointed as prefect
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of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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. He is the first archbishop of Manila to be already a cardinal when appointed to the see. Past archbishops (Rufino Santos
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Biography
Born in Barangay S ...
, Jaime Sin
Jaime Lachica Sin ( zh, t=辛海梅, 辛海棉, poj=Sin Hái-mûi, Sin Hái-mî; August 31, 1928 – June 21, 2005), commonly and formally known as Jaime Cardinal Sin, was the 30th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila and the third cardinal fro ...
, Gaudencio Rosales, and Luis Antonio Tagle
Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle ( ; ; born June 21, 1957) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church currently serving as the Pro-Prefect for the Section of Evangelization of Dicastery for Evangelization (formerly the Congregation for the Evangel ...
) were made cardinals after their installation.
He was installed on June 24, 2021, by Archbishop Charles John Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines together with Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales and Cardinal Orlando Quevedo
Orlando Beltran Quevedo (born 11 March 1939) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2014, he was Archbishop of Cotabato from 1998 to 2018. He became a bishop in 1980.
Early life
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. He is the 33rd Archbishop of Manila, and the sixth native Filipino to hold the post, following centuries of Spanish, American, and Irish prelates.
The event coincided with the death of former President
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Benigno Aquino III
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which led him to offer prayers towards the end of the mass. On the next day, he went to Aquino's wake and blessed his remains.
He received the pallium
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as metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Manila from Pope Francis
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, through Archbishop Charles John Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, on December 8, 2021.
Advincula made his solemn profession as a professed member of the Order of Preachers on December 11, 2021. Making his solemn profession to the prior provincial of the order in the Philippines, Filemon dela Cruz, Advincula received the white religious habit of the order.
On April 30, 2022, Advincula was named Cardinal-Priest of Parrocchia San Vigilio in Rome
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, Italy
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.
On 13 July 2022, Pope Francis named him a member of the Dicastery for Bishops
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.
Coat of Arms
On May 23, 2021, the Archdiocese of Manila - Office of Communications and the Manila Cathedral
The Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ( fil, Basilika Menor at Kalakhang Katedral ng Kalinis-linisang Paglilihi; es, Basílica Menor y Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción), also known as the ...
Facebook pages showed Advíncula's coat of arms as archbishop of Manila for the first time. It has the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Manila combined with Advíncula's personal coat of arms, under an ecclesiastical hat with tassels knotted in a different way than his coat of arms as archbishop of Capiz.
The coat of arms was released by the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Manila on June 6, 2021.
See also
*Cardinals created by Pope Francis
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1952 births
Living people
People from Capiz
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Philippines
Roman Catholic archbishops of Manila
Dominican cardinals
Dominican bishops
Filipino cardinals
Cardinals created by Pope Francis
De La Salle University alumni
University of Santo Tomas alumni
Visayan people
Roman Catholic archbishops of Capiz
Filipino Dominicans