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(Redirected from Romulo T. Dela Cruz) Filipino archbishop (1947–2021)

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Tolentino and the surname or paternal family name is de la Cruz.
The Most Reverend
Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz
Archbishop of Zamboanga
Portrait of Archbishop Romulo T. de la Cruz taken at the seminary chapel of Pastor Bonus Seminary.
SeeZamboanga
InstalledMarch 15, 2014
Term endedDecember 10, 2021
PredecessorRomulo Valles
SuccessorJulius Tonel
Previous post(s)Bishop of Kidapawan
Orders
OrdinationDecember 8, 1972
ConsecrationMarch 16, 1988
Personal details
Born(1947-06-24)June 24, 1947
Balasan, Philippines
DiedDecember 10, 2021(2021-12-10) (aged 74)
Zamboanga City, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of armsRomulo Tolentino de la Cruz's coat of arms

Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz (June 24, 1947 – December 10, 2021), was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Zamboanga in the Philippines.

Styles of
Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop
Posthumous stylenot applicable

Life and ministry

Romulo T. de la Cruz was born on June 24, 1947 in Balasan, Iloilo, being the eighth of ten children of Vicente Dela Cruz and Lucia Tolentino. Romulo was ordained to the priesthood on December 8, 1972, after having completed his seminary studies in Notre Dame Seminary (Nuling, Sultan Kudarat, 1964) and the Saint Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary – REMASE (Davao City, 1969), respectively.

As a priest of the Diocese of Kidapawan, Father Dela Cruz was designated several times as a formator of the Notre Dame Seminary and as the Parish Priest of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Parish in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat (1985-1987). He also completed his Graduate Studies in Theology at REMASE (1973) and with his Special Studies at the Institute on Religious Formation (IRF) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA (1982).

On December 17, 1988, Pope John Paul II appointed Father Romulo Dela Cruz as Coadjutor Bishop of the Prelature of Isabela de Basilan. The following year he was ordained to the episcopacy on March 16, 1988, with the then Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani, as the principal consecrator, and assisted by Archbishop Philip Francis Smith, OMI (Cotabato) and Bishop-Emeritus José María Querejeta Mendizábal, CMF (Isabela de Basilan) as co-consecrators. Bishop Dela Cruz was appointed Coadjutor of San Jose de Antique on Jan. 8, 2001 and installed on April 3, 2001. He then became Bishop of San Jose de Antique (as its third bishop) on March 16, 2002, as the successor to Bishop Raul José Quimpo Martirez. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Kidapawan, Cotabato, (as its fifth bishop) on May 14, 2008.

On March 15, 2014, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Dela Cruz as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Zamboanga, taking over his predecessor Archbishop Romulo Valles who was appointed to the See of Davao in 2011; he is the sixth to take office as the Metropolitan Ordinary of Zamboanga since Archbishop Del Rosario in 1958. He was installed into office on May 14, 2014 by Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, the then Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. Archbishop Dela Cruz was a member of the Episcopal Commission on Social Communications and Mass Media and Vice Chairman of the Episcopal Office on Women of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

Archbishop Romulo De la Cruz died on December 10, 2021, at the age of 74, two days after celebrating the forty-ninth year of his priestly ordination.

References

  1. "Zamboanga's Archbishop De la Cruz dies at 74". CBCP News. December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. "Profile of Romulo Tolentino Dela Cruz", The Rite of Liturgical Reception and Canonical Installation of His Excellency the Most Reverend Romulo T. Dela Cruz, Archbishop of Zamboanga. Zamboanga City: Centro Pastoral, 2014, p. 3.
  3. "Profile of Romulo Tolentino Dela Cruz", ibid., p. 3.
  4. "Profile of Romulo Tolentino Dela Cruz", ibid., p. 3.
  5. "Latis drecretis a Congregatione pro Episcopis, Sanctissimus Dominus Franciscus Pp., per Apostolicas sub plumbo Litteras, iis quae sequuntur Ecclesiis sacros praefecit Praesules... — Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Zamboangensi, Exc.mum D. Romulum T. De la Cruz, hactenus Episcopum Kidapavanensem." Congregatio Pro Episcopis, Provisio Ecclesiarum, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Commentarium Officiale, An. et vol. CVI, 4 Aprilis 2014, N. 4, p. 320.
  6. "Profile of Romulo Tolentino Dela Cruz", ibid., p. 3.
  7. "Zamboanga's Archbishop De la Cruz dies at 74". CBCPNews. December 11, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded byRomulo Valles Bishop of Kidapawan
2006–2014
Succeeded byJose Colin Bagaforo
Archbishop of Zamboanga
2014–2021
Vacant
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zamboanga
Archidiocesis Zamboangensis
Territories Archdiocese of Zamboanga
Ordinaries
Cathedral
Shrine
Archdiocesan
Parishes
Central
Vicariate 1
  • St. Ignatius of Loyola (Tetuan)
  • Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Tugbungan)
  • San Isidro Labrador (Talon-talon)
  • Holy Family (Mampang)
  • Our Lady of the Pillar (Fort Pilar)
Central
Vicariate 2
Eastern
Vicariate 1
  • The Queenship of Mary (Tictapul, quasi-parish)
  • Our Lady of the Pillar (Vitali)
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka (Curuan)
  • Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (Bolong)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes (Bunguiao)
Eastern
Vicariate 2
  • St. Joseph the Worker (Sangali)
  • Our Lady of Fatima (Manicahan)
  • Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedes)
  • The Assumption of Our Lady (Culianan)
  • Divine Mercy (Divisoria)
Western
Vicariate 1
  • Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Labuan)
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Ayala)
  • San Vicente Ferrer (Talisayan)
  • Transfiguration of the Lord (Sinunuc)
  • Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Calarian)
Western
Vicariate 2
  • San Roque de Montepellier (San Roque)
  • The Purification of Our Lady (Santa Maria)
  • Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Cabatangan)
  • Most Holy Trinity (Pasonanca)
  • Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag (Tumaga)
Suffragan
dioceses
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kidapawan
Dioecesis Kidapavanensis
Territories Diocese of Kidapawan
Ordinaries
Cathedral
  • Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces
Parishes
Vicariate 1
(MASMAKIBUKID)
  • Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces
  • St. Joseph the Worker (Magpet)
  • St. John Vianney
  • Sto. Niño de Cebu (Makilala)
  • Holy Family (Makilala)
  • San Miguel de Arkanghel (Makilala)
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Quasi-Parish
Vicariate 2
(CAAMMAKA)
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Carmen, Cotabato)
  • Sto. Niño de Praga (Matalam)
  • Christ the King (Kabacan)
  • St. John Paul II
Vicariate 3
(TUNER.COM)
  • San Isidro Labrador (Tulunan)
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help (M'lang)
  • San Isidro Labrador (Columbio)
  • Sta. Teresita del Niño Jesus (M'lang)
Vicariate 4
(ARANCE)
  • Mother of Perpetual Help (Arakan, Cotabato)
  • Sta. Catalina de Alexandria (President Roxas, Cotabato)
  • San Vicente Ferrer (Antipas, Cotabato)
  • Our Lady of Fatima, Sta. Cruz (President Roxas, Cotabato)
Mission station
  • San Vicente Ferrer (Pagalungan)
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose de Antique
Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi de Antiquonia
Territories Diocese of San Jose de Antique
Ordinaries
Cathedral
  • Saint Joseph
Parishes
Vicariate of
San Jose
  • St. Joseph (San Jose de Buenavista)
  • St. Peter the Apostle (San Jose de Buenavista)
  • Sta. Rita de Cascia (Sibalom)
  • St. Vincent Ferrer (San Remigio, Antique)
  • Our Lady of Candles (Belison)
  • St. Augustine (Patnongon)
Southern
vicariate
  • Sta. Teresa De Avila (Anini-y)
  • St. John Nepomucene (Anini-y)
  • St. Nicholas of Tolentine (Tobias Fornier)
  • Sto. Niño de Guinsang-An (Hamtic)
  • Sta. Monica (Hamtic)
  • Sacred Heart (Sibalom)
Central
vicariate
  • Sto. Niño de Bugasong
  • St. Luke the Evangelist (Valderrama, Antique)
  • Immaculate Conception (Laua-an)
  • St. Isidore the Worker (Laua-an)
  • St. Anthony De Padua (Barbaza)
  • St. Nicholas of Tolentine (Tibiao)
Northern
vicariate
  • St. Michael the Archangel (Culasi)
  • St. Blaise (Sebaste, Antique)
  • St. Vincent Ferrer (Pandan, Antique)
  • St. Francis Xavier (Pandan, Antique)
  • St. Thomas Aquinas (Libertad, Antique)
  • St. Anthony of Padua (Caluya)
  • Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Caluya)
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