The Most Reverend Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona OCD
Archbishop of Caceres
Most Rev. Rolando Tria Tirona, OCD, D.D.
See	Caceres
Appointed	8 September 2012
In office	22 November 2012 - Present
Predecessor	Leonardo Z. Legaspi
Successor	Incumbent
Other post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila Bishop of Malolos Prelate of Infanta Titular Bishop of Vulturaria
Orders
Ordination	21 April 1974
Consecration	29 December 1994 by Cardinal Jaime Sin
Personal details
Born	Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona (1946-07-22)July 22, 1946 Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Christi Sumus (We Belong to Christ)

Styles of Rolando Octavus Joven T. Tirona
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, OCD (born July 22, 1946), is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Archbishop of Caceres in Naga, Philippines.^[1] He was appointed to succeed the retiring Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi of Caceres.

Biography

Rolando Tirona was born on July 22, 1946, in Kawit, he finished his elementary and secondary education at Centro Escolar University 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.^[2] 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).^[3]

Archbishop of Caceres

On September 8, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI elevated Tirona to Archbishop of Caceres, replacing the retiring Leonardo Legaspi.^[2]

The Archdiocese of Cáceres is a Metropolitan See that comprises the Bicol region, while directly overseeing the third, fourth and fifth congressional districts of Camarines Sur 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 Cebu, Segovia and Manila, 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.

References

External links

• Media related to Rolando Tirona at Wikimedia Commons
• Archbishop Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, OCD ^{[self-published]}