In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Armea and the surname or paternal family name is Gacera.
The Most Reverend
Gilbert A. Garcera
D.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa
Archdiocese
Lipa
Appointed
February 2, 2017
Installed
April 21, 2017
Predecessor
Ramon Arguelles
Orders
Ordination
May 29, 1983
Consecration
June 29, 2007 by Leonardo Legaspi
Personal details
Born
(1959-02-02) February 2, 1959 (age 65)
Magarao, Camarines Sur
Nationality
Filipino
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)
Bishop of Daet (2007-2017)
Alma mater
Holy Rosary Major Seminary
Motto
Ad Omnia Mittam Te ('To wherever I will send you, you will be going', Jeremiah 1:17)
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Date
May 29, 1983
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
Leonardo Legaspi
Co-consecrators
Benjamin Almoneda
Orlando Quevedo
Date
June 29, 2007
Place
Peñafrancia Basilica
Source(s):[1]
Styles of Gilbert Armea Garcera
Reference style
The Most Reverend
Spoken style
Your Excellency
Religious style
Archbishop
Gilbert Armea Garcera (born February 2, 1959) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lipa in the Philippines. He succeeds Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, who earlier filed his resignation prior to his mandatory retirement age in 2017.[2] His previous assignment was the bishop of the Diocese of Daet in Camarines Norte.
^"Archbishop Gilbert Armea Garcera". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^"Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
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ended 4 April 2007 Predecessor Celestino Rojo Enverga Successor Gilbert Armea Garcera Orders Ordination 22 March 1958 Consecration 6 January 1990 by Pope...
of the National Convention on Family and Life, led by Archbishop Gilbert A. Garcera of the Archdiocese of Lipa. Pope Francis accepted his resignation...
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