Birth: April 18, 1967

Place of Birth: Cebu City

Presbyteral Ordination: June 10, 1994, Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, Cebu City

Episcopal Ordination: August 10, 2015, Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, Cebu City

High School: University of San Jose – Recoletos, Cebu City

College: San Carlos Seminary College, Cebu

Philosophy: Pontifical & Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila

Theology: Pontifical & Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila

Post-graduate Studies:

Licentiate in Ecclesiastical Philosophy, Pontifical & Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila

Doctor of Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy

1994 – 1998 – Personal Secretary to His Eminence, Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu

1999 – 2001 – Study Leave (Rome, Italy)

2002 – 2010 – Personal Secretary to His Eminence, Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu

2002 – 2010 – Coordinator, Cebu Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Board

2010 – 2019 – Chairman, Team of Pastors, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, Capitol Site, Cebu City

2012- 2016 – Secretary-General, 51st International Eucharistic Congress, Cebu City (2016)

2015 – 2019 – Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu

2019 – 2023 – Vice Chairman, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on Social Communications and Mass Media

2021 – 2023 – Member, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on Clergy

2021-2023 – Southwestern Luzon Representative, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines – Permanent Council