Jose Advincula

In this Filipino name, the middle name or maternal family name is Fuerte and the surname or paternal family name is Advincula.

His Eminence

Jose Advincula

OP
Cardinal
Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila
Advincula in 2025
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseManila
SeeManila
AppointedMarch 25, 2021
InstalledJune 24, 2021
PredecessorLuis Antonio Tagle
Other posts
Previous posts
  • Bishop of San Carlos (2001–2011)
  • Archbishop of Capiz (2012–2021)
  • Chairman, CBCP Episcopal Office on Women (2013–2019)
  • Chairman, CBCP Permanent Committee on International Eucharistic Congresses (2021–2025)
Orders
OrdinationApril 4, 1976
by Antonio Floro Frondosa
ConsecrationSeptember 8, 2001
by Antonio Franco
Created cardinalNovember 28, 2020
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal priest
Personal details
BornJose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr.
(1952-03-30) March 30, 1952
Dumalag, Capiz, Philippines
ResidencePalacio Arzobispal
Education
MottoAudiam
(Latin for 'I will listen')[a]
SignatureJose Advincula's signature
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byAntonio Floro Frondosa (Capiz)
DateApril 4, 1976
PlaceRoxas Cathedral, Roxas, Capiz
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorAntonio Franco (Philippines Apos. Nunc.)
Co-consecrators
DateSeptember 8, 2001
PlaceRoxas Cathedral, Roxas, Capiz
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
DateNovember 28, 2020
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Jose Advincula as principal consecrator
Mel Rey UyNovember 8, 2017
Elias Ayuban, CMFDecember 3, 2024
Styles
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Religious styleCardinal
Informal styleCardinal
SeeManila

Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr. (born March 30, 1952) is a Filipino prelate and the archbishop of Manila. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2020.

Early life and studies

Advincula was born on March 30, 1952, in Dumalag, Capiz, to Jose Firmalino Advincula and Carmen Falsis Fuerte.[2] He studied at Saint Pius X Seminary High School in Roxas City where Jaime Sin became his teacher.[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.[4]

He later studied at De La Salle University, where he earned a Master of Arts (MA) degree in education, Major in Guidance and Counseling. He then studied canon law at the Angelicum in Rome, where he earned his licentiate. During these studies he temporarily joined the Order of Preachers.[5]

Ministry

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Capiz on April 4, 1976.[6] He worked as spiritual director of St. Pius X Seminary while also professor and dean of studies.[7]

After finishing his studies abroad, he returned to the Philippines and worked at the seminary of Nueva Segovia in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, and in the regional seminary of Jaro. In 1995, he became rector of St. Pius X Seminary of Capiz; he also held positions in the administration of the archdiocese as defender of the bond, promoter of justice, and judicial vicar. In 1999, he became parish priest of Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish in Dao, Capiz.[8]

Bishop of San Carlos (2001–2011)

Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of San Carlos in Negros Occidental on July 25, 2001,[9] and he received his episcopal consecration on September 8 before taking possession of the see three days later.[8] During his tenure in San Carlos, he opened ten mission stations in remote areas.[10] From 2003 to 2011, he was a member of the Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), as well as its Episcopal Commission on the Doctrine of the Faith from 2005 to 2013.[8]

Archbishop of Capiz (2012–2021)

On November 9, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Capiz.[11][12] He was installed at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Roxas City on January 11, 2012.[13] Advincula and fellow archbishops Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, John F. Du of Palo, and Romulo Valles of Davao received the pallium from Benedict XVI on June 29, 2012, in Rome.[14]

Elevation to cardinalate

Pope Francis created him as a cardinal in a consistory on November 28, 2020, assigning him as a cardinal priest to San Vigilio in Via Paolo Di Dono.[15] He was not able to attend the consistory because of COVID-19 pandemic risks and restrictions.[16] In lieu of the consistory, Advincula received his scarlet biretta and ring from Charles John Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, on June 18, 2021, at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Roxas City.[17][18]

On December 16, 2020, he was named a member of the Congregation for the Clergy.[19]

Tumandok killings

See also: Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines

On January 15, 2021, all eight bishops in the ecclesiastical provinces of Capiz and Jaro—namely, Advincula, Jose Romeo Lazo, Jose Corazon Tala-oc, Narciso Abellana, Marvyn Maceda, Patricio Buzon, Gerardo Alminaza, and Louie Galbines—issued a joint pastoral letter[20] calling for an investigation to the joint military and police operation in the towns of Tapaz in Capiz and Calinog in Iloilo on December 30, 2020, that killed nine leaders of the Tumandok indigenous people's group that opposes the Jalaur mega dam project. The families of the victims claimed that they are victims of red-tagging and that firearms and explosives were planted. The pastoral letter was read on January 24.[21]

Archbishop of Manila (2021–present)

Advincula delivering the homily at Pinaglabanan Church in San Juan on June 24, 2024.

Pope Francis appointed Advincula as archbishop of Manila on March 25, 2021, the Feast of the Annunciation. He succeeded Luis Antonio Tagle, who vacated the post on February 9, 2020, after being appointed prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on December 8, 2019.[22][23] He is the first archbishop of Manila to be already a cardinal upon appointment to the see.[b] Past Manila archbishops were made cardinals after their installation.[c]

Advincula was installed on June 24, 2021, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist, by Archbishop Charles John Brown, apostolic nuncio to the Philippines, together with Cardinals Gaudencio Rosales and Orlando Quevedo. He is the 33rd Archbishop of Manila, and the sixth native Filipino to hold the post, following centuries of Spanish, American, and Irish prelates.[24] His installation coincided with the 450th Founding Anniversary of the City of Manila, and the death of former President Benigno Aquino III, which led Advincula to offer prayers towards the end of the Mass.[10] Advincula and Brown visited Aquino's wake at the Church of the Gesù in Quezon City the next day.[25]

On December 8, 2021, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Advincula received the pallium as metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Manila from Pope Francis, through Archbishop Brown.[26]

On December 11, 2021, Advincula made his solemn profession as a professed member of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic, a society of apostolic life under the Order of Preachers.[27]

On April 30, 2022, Advincula was installed cardinal priest of Parrocchia San Vigilio in Rome, Italy.[28] On July 13, 2022, Pope Francis named him a member of the Dicastery for Bishops.[29]

On June 3, 2023, Advincula received an honorary doctorate degree from De La Salle University.[30]

Advincula was chosen by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines to be one of the delegates of the Philippines to the Universal Phase of the Synod on Synodality, which took place at the Vatican in October 2023 and October 2024. He was joined by CBCP President Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, and CBCP Vice President Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara. Other Filipinos present at the Synod on Synodality were Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, by virtue of his office as Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization; and Estela Padilla, a Filipino lay theologian nominated by Pope Francis to join the Synod.[31]

Advincula participated as a cardinal elector in the 2025 conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. He was one of the three cardinal electors from the Philippines, alongside Luis Antonio Tagle and Pablo Virgilio David.[32]

Advincula is the grand prior of the Philippines Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.[33]

Political involvement

Following the passage of the Absolute Divorce Bill in May 2024, Advincula viewed the bill as a challenge for the Catholic Church in its ministry on the importance of the sacrament of matrimony. He added that the law is "not a magic pill that can solve marital problems".[34]

Events in the Philippines under President Bongbong Marcos forced Advincula to become involved in politics. He appealed for prayer, sobriety, humility, forgiveness, reconciliation and statesmanship amid the Marcos–Duterte feud resulting in the rising contentious politics.[35]

In September 2025, in the wake of the flood control projects controversy, Advincula, in a pastoral letter, denounced corruption in the government as "one of the vilest scams in the history of our nation."[36]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Jose Advincula
Adopted
May 23, 2021[37][38]
Helm
Cardinal's Galero
The shield is surmounted by an archbishop's galero or ecclesiastical hat of this rank with fifteen tassels for each side in Gules (red) that signifies the rank of a cardinal.
Escutcheon
From 2021:
Parted per fess: First: Gules (red), a three-windowed tower or (gold) masoned sable (black) and ajouré azure (blue), a crescent argent (silver), Second: Azure, a sea lion sejant (upright) argent armed (claws) and langued (tongue) gules with a cross fitchee (pointed base) or; Impaled with a shield tierced per fess: First: Azure, a lily argent and vert (green), a carpenter's square or and argent, Second: Or, a chain of nine links sable, Third: Azure, a star vert and argent, a horse rampant argent upon a mountain proper vert and argent, a crescent or
Motto
Audiam
"I will listen." The motto was taken from 1 Samuel 3:10, depicting the Lord calling Samuel for three times which on the third call Samuel responded "Speak Lord, your servant is listening." Then, the Lord uttered his revelation.[39]
Other elements
Archbishop's Cross
The shield is also surmounted by an archbishop's cross of the Order of Preachers. The Dominican tradition is significant in Advincula's education and formation.[39]
Symbolism
The lily is a symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[40] The carpenter's square is a symbol of Saint Joseph, who is his namesake in Spanish and his personal patron saint.
The chain of nine links represents his surname Advincula which is derived from the Latin phrase ad vincula or in chains. The gold background represents virtue, which the might of the Christian brings glory to God.
The mountain represents Mt. Paningraon in the town of Dumalag, Capiz, his birthplace and hometown. It is a mountain that shows strips of limestone formation and a raging horse which locals attribute to their town's titular patron, Saint Martin of Tours. The crescent symbolizes the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Immaculate Conception, the titular patroness of the Archdiocese of Capiz and St. Pius X Seminary in Roxas City, Capiz, where he finished his minor seminary formation and philosophical studies. The five-pointed star is a pre-eminent symbol for the virtue of faith and De La Salle University, Manila where he finished his master's degree in education.[39]
Previous versions

as Cardinal and Archbishop of Capiz (November 2020 – June 2021)

as Archbishop of Capiz (November 2011 – November 2020)

as Bishop of San Carlos (July 2001 – November 2011)

Notes

  1. ^ From 1 Samuel 3:10, "Your servant is listening"
  2. ^ Advincula was named Cardinal in November 2020, and was appointed as Archbishop of Manila in March 2021
  3. ^ Rufino Santos became Cardinal in 1960, seven years after being installed as Archbishop of Manila in 1953; Jaime Sin became Cardinal in 1976, two years after being installed Archbishop of Manila in 1974; Gaudencio Rosales became Cardinal in 2006, more than two years after being installed as Archbishop of Manila in 2003; Luis Antonio Tagle became Cardinal in 2012, almost a year after being installed as Archbishop of Manila in 2011.

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