Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran (1948- 2017) was a Filipino prelate of the

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and a professed member of the

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, who became a bishop of San Fernando de La Union on 30 October 2012 until his death on 17 June 2017.. He had previously served as apostolic vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe from 2006 to 2012.

Biography

Beltran was born in Gattaran in Cagayan Province. He was ordained as a deacon of the

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in 1974 and ordained to the priesthood in 1976 by the First Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Teodulfo S. Domingo. On 18 March 2006, on the eve of the Feast of Saint Joseph, he was appointed as Apostolic Vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe with the titular see of Buffada. He was consecrated by Diosdado A. Talamayan on 16 May 2006, and installed as the 4th

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on 29 May 2006. Beltran was later appointed as Bishop of San Fernando de La Union on 30 October 2012. On 12 June 2015 he joined the Order of Preacher.

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1948 births 2017 deaths Filipino Dominicans 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Dominican bishops Roman Catholic bishops of San Fernando de La Union Roman Catholic bishops of Bontoc-Lagawe {{Philippines-RC-bishop-stub