Rolando Tria Tirona


Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona

Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Cáceres
Official Portrait as Bishop of Malolos
SeeCáceres
Appointed8 September 2012
Installed14 November 2012
Retired2 May 2024
PredecessorLeonardo Z. Legaspi
SuccessorRex Andrew C. Alarcón
Other post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Manila
Bishop of Malolos
Prelate of Infanta
Titular Bishop of Vulturaria
Orders
Ordination21 April 1974
Consecration29 December 1994
by Jaime Cardinal Sin
Personal details
Born
Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona

(1946-07-22) July 22, 1946 (age 78)
Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
DenominationRoman Catholic
EducationCentro Escolar University
Alma materSan Beda University
MottoChristi Sumus (lit.'We Belong to Christ')
Styles of
Rolando Octavus Joven T. Tirona
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop
Ordination history of
Rolando Tria Tirona
History
Priestly ordination
Date21 April 1974
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorCardinal Jaime Sin
Co-consecratorsJulio Labayen
Teodoro Buhain Jr.
Date29 December 1994
PlaceManila Cathedral
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Rolando Tria Tirona as principal consecrator
Rex Andrew C. Alarcon19 March 2019
Luisito Audal Occiano21 June 2024
Tirona (August 2024, Baliwag)

Rolando Octavus Joven Tria Tirona, OCD (born July 22, 1946), is a prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Cáceres in Naga, Philippines, serving from 2012 to 2024.[1] Appointed to succeed the retiring Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi, 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.

  1. ^ "Pope appoints Infanta bishop to Caceres: First Carmelite Prelate in the Archdiocese".