Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Imus Bishop Luis Antonio Tagle for the post held by outgoing official Arch. Gaudencio Rosales for eight years.
Tagle’s appointment was formalized Thursday, October 13 in a letter from a Vatican official, according to the news service of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.
"I write to inform you that the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has appointed His Excellency Most Reverend Luis Antonio Tagle, until now Bishop of Imus, as Archbishop of Manila," said Monsignor Gabor Pinter, Charge D’ Affaires.
Rosales, 79 years old, should have retired from his post in 2007, when he reached 75, the mandatory retirment age for prelates.
Manila-born Tagle was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 25 years with majors in Philosophy and Theology at the Ateneo De Manila University’s San Jose Major Seminary.
He also flew to the U.S. for further studies in 1985-1992, and purused a Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.
Tagle is a member of the International Theological Commission of the Vatican.
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