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Zacarias Cenita Jimenez (November 5, 1947 – April 19, 2018) was a Filipino
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bishop.


Biography

Born on November 5, 1947, in Inabanga,
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in the
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, Jimenez was ordained to the priesthood on April 17, 1973, at the St. Joseph's Cathedral in
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. He was consecrated as bishop on January 6, 1995, at the
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in the
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. He served as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian The Diocese of Pagadian () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Created on November 12, 1971, the diocese was initially a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Zamboanga. With the ceding ...
, Philippines, from December 2, 1994, to June 11, 2003. He then served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butuan, Philippines and as titular bishop of ''Arba'' until his death. He was discharged from a hospital on April 15, 2018, after suffering a second stroke but died at 8:01 a.m on April 19 due to acute respiratory failure in
Butuan Butuan (pronounced ), officially the City of Butuan (; Butuanon: ''Dakbayan hong Butuan''; ), is a highly urbanized city and the regional center of Caraga, Philippines. It is the '' de facto'' capital of the province of Agusan del Norte ...
.


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Catholic-Hierarchy Profile
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian 1947 births 2018 deaths People from Bohol 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines