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RETIRED:   May 19, 2008

• a priest for 45.1445.1 years
• a bishop for 18.1718.2 years

• Principal Consecrator:
  • Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani †
• Principal Co-Consecrators:
  • Bishop Concordio Maria Sarte †
  • Bishop Benjamin J. Almoneda

   Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

• Bishop Prospero Nale Arellano (1990)
• Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
• Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
• Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
• Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
• Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
• Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
• Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
• Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
• Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
• Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
• Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
• Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
• Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
• Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
• Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
• Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
• Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
• Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
• Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
• Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
• Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
• Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

PERSONAL

Birth: January 17, 1937
Place of Birth: San Roque, Bombon, Camarines Sur, PHILIPPINES
Sacerdotal Ordination: March 30, 1963
Episcopal Ordination: March 19, 1990

MINISTRY  

• 1963-1964- Parochial Vicar, Naga Cathedral, Naga City
• 1964-1965- Parochial Vicar, Ragay, Camarines Sur
• 1965-1968- Parochial Vicar, Baao, Camarines Sur
• 1968-1974- Professor, Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
• 1974-1977- Rector, Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
• 1977-1980- Rector, Holy Rosary Major Seminary
• 1980-1981- Parish Priest, San Isidro, Iriga City
• 1982-1988- Professor, Holy Rosary Major Seminary
• 1985-1990- Parish Priest, Pili, Camarines Sur

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

• 1959- Excellence in Philosophy (Archbishop Santos Award)
• 1978- Honorary Prelate
• 1989- Appointed First Bishop-Prelate of Libmanan

EDUCATION

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• Elementary
  Bombon Elementary School
  1949
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• High School
  Ateneo de Naga High School
  1953
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• Holy Rosary Major Seminary
  
• Philosophy and Theology
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• Graduate Studies in Guidance and Counselling
  Colegio de Sta. Isabel
  Naga City
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• Special Studies on Social Action and Cooperative Management
  Hongkong
  1964
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• Higher Math
  Aquinas University
  1974
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• Pastoral Management
  Tagaytay City
  1978
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• Institute of Spirituality
  Notre Dame de Vie, Venasque, France
  1981-1982