1. Jose Advincula previously served as Bishop of San Carlos from 2001 to 2011 and Metropolitan Archbishop of Capiz from 2011 to 2021.
19 Facts About Jose Advincula
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Jose Advincula studied at Saint Pius X Seminary High School in Roxas City where Jaime Sin became his teacher, and stayed on after graduating to study philosophy.
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Jose Advincula then attended theology courses at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
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Jose Advincula later studied Master of Arts in Education major in Guidance and Counseling at De La Salle University and then canon law at the University of Santo Tomas and at the Angelicum in Rome, where he earned a licentiate in canon law.
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Jose Advincula was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Capiz on April 4,1976.
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Jose Advincula worked as spiritual director of St Pius X Seminary while professor and dean of studies.
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Jose Advincula was installed at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Roxas City on January 11,2012.
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Jose Advincula was not able to attend the consistory because of COVID-19 pandemic risks and restrictions.
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In lieu of the consistory, Jose Advincula received his scarlet biretta and ring from Charles John Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, on June 18,2021, at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Roxas City.
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Jose Advincula succeeded Luis Antonio Tagle, who vacated the post on February 9,2020, after being appointed prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on December 8,2019.
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Jose Advincula is the first archbishop of Manila to be already a cardinal upon appointment to the see.
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Jose Advincula was installed on June 24,2021, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist, by Archbishop Charles John Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, together with Cardinals Gaudencio Rosales and Orlando Quevedo.
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Jose Advincula is the 33rd Archbishop of Manila, and the sixth native Filipino to hold the post, following centuries of Spanish, American, and Irish prelates.
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Jose Advincula's installation coincided with the death of former President Benigno Aquino III, which led Advincula to offer prayers towards the end of the Mass.
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On December 8,2021, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Jose Advincula received the pallium as metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Manila from Pope Francis, through Archbishop Brown.
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On December 11,2021, Jose Advincula made his solemn profession as a professed member of the Priestly Fraternities of St Dominic, a society of apostolic life under the Order of Preachers.
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On June 3,2023, Jose Advincula received his honorary doctorate degree in applied theology from De La Salle University.
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At age 73 at the time of the death of Pope Francis on April 21,2025, Jose Advincula is expected to be one of the three Cardinal electors from the Philippines, at the 2025 papal conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor.
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Jose Advincula added that the law is "not a magic pill that can solve marital problems".