Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, OCD (born July 22, 1946), is a

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of the

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in the

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. He is the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Cáceres in Naga,

, serving from 2012 to 2024. Appointed to succeed the retiring Archbishop

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, 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

Rolando Tirona was born on July 22, 1946, in Kawit, he finished his elementary and secondary education at

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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. 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).

Archbishop of Caceres

On September 8, 2012, Pope

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elevated Tirona to Archbishop of Caceres, replacing the retiring

. The Archdiocese of Cáceres is a

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that comprises the Bicol region, while directly overseeing the third, fourth and fifth congressional districts of

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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

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and

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, 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

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of his

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in a thanksgiving Mass at the Naga Cathedral.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tirona, Rolando Joven Tria 1946 births Living people People from Kawit, Cavite 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Philippines San Beda University alumni People from Sampaloc, Manila Discalced Carmelite bishops Roman Catholic archbishops of Cáceres Filipino Roman Catholic archbishops