About Rolando Tria Tirona
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. 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. == 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. 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.
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