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Timoteo Jose "Tim" M. Ofrasio S.J., S.L.D. (August 5, 1948 – December 1, 2020) was a Filipino Jesuit priest and liturgist from
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Biography

Ofrasio entered the
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on 30 July 1969, and was ordained and became a priest on 10 March 1979. Ofrasio was also a professor at the Loyola School of Theology (LST) at the Ateneo de Manila University in
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where he taught systematic and sacramental theology. He was also an instructor in sacred theology. He obtained licentiate from the Pontificio Istituto Sant’Anselmo in
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in 1987 and also completed a doctorate degree in sacred liturgy, also from the same institution in 1990 with the dissertation, Baptismal Images in Patristic and Liturgical Sources. Ofrasio taught courses in Liturgy and the Sacraments at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in
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from 1986 to 2004, where he was Spiritual Director (1990–94), Vice-Rector (1994-1998) and Rector (1998–2004). Prior to special studies, he worked in the pastoral field as Associate Pastor of San José Manggagawa Parish in
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(1980–82), and Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in
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(now
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), Prelature (now Diocese) of Ipil (1982–84), and as Associate Pastor in Sacred Heart Parish in
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(2007–08), teaching part time at Seminario Mayor de San Carlos. He was Regional Secretary for East Asia and Oceania (now East Asia and the Pacific) from 2004 to 2005. He was also part of the faculty at Paul VI Institute of Liturgy in
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from 1990 to 2020. Ofrasio joined LST as associate professor in 2008. He was Consultor of the Commission on Liturgy of the CBCP from 1994 to 1997, and Cagayan de Oro Archdiocesan Chair of the Commission on Liturgy from 1994 to 2000, and was consultant to the archdiocese on matters of church architecture. Ofrasio was also known as the lyricist for behind many songs used in the liturgy like "Paghahandog ng Sarili" (), "Isang Bansa" (), and "Panalangin sa Pagiging Bukas-Palad" (). This also includes "Alay sa Diyos" () which was used during the 2015 visit of
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to the Philippines. He was also an artist who did paintings and ink and pencil sketches. Ofrasio also gave the inspiration for the ''
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'' chasuble used by Pope Francis during his visit to the Philippines. Ofrasio died from
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at a hospital in San Pablo, Laguna, on 1 December 2020, aged 72, during the
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. He was buried at the Sacred Heart Novitiate and Retreat House in
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, Quezon City, on 10 July 2021.


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