Alfredo Obviar
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Lipa City )
Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa | |
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Motto | Faciem tuam, Domine, requiram ('Your Face, O Lord, I seek', Psalm 27:8) |
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Venerable |
Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda (29 August 1889 – 1 October 1978) was a
Early life
Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda was born on 29 August 1889 in Mataás na Lupa, Lipa, Batangas to Telesforo Obviar and Florentina Catalina Aranda. He became an orphan at the early age, and was put under the care of his relatives from his mother's side.[2]
Obviar received his early religious instruction at the college of
Obviar received the
Religious life
On March 11, 1944, Obviar was appointed the first
On 22 January 1951, Obviar was installed as
To compensate for the shortage of priests in the new diocese, Obviar also founded the Our Lady of the Most Holy Seminary which was later renamed as Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seminary, a minor seminary in Sariaya, Quezon. Decades after, a major seminary was founded by the Diocese of Lucena re-institutionalizing the name Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Seminary. The establishment of this increased the number of priests attending from 1951 to 1975. In the year of his retirement, it had increased by more than 100 priests. Obivar ordained
From 11 October 1962 to 8 December 1962, Obviar was a Council Father at the first Session of the Second Vatican Council.
After more than 18 years as Administrator, Obviar was declared the first diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Lucena on July 15, 1969. He served as Bishop of Lucena until his retirement in 1976.[5]
Death
Obviar died at the age of 89, in Lucena, Quezon, on 1 October 1978,[6] on the feast of his patron saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus.
Veneration
Obviar has saint protocol number 2398, and was declared nulla osta
Notes
- ^ Sun.Star. November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Venerable Alfredo Obviar", Oclarim, Semanario Catolico de Macau, November 23, 2018
- ^ "Bishop Alfredo Maria Obviar y Aranda", Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Tubeza, Philip C., "Retired Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales to make a saint", Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 16, 2011
- ^ Patinio, Ferdinand. "Bishops laud Pope declaration of Obviar as 'venerable'", Philippine News Agency, November 9, 2018
- ^ Kosloski, Philip. "Three Filipino Bishops on the Road to Canonization", Aleteia, January 2, 2018