Diosdado Talamayan
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The Most Reverend Diosdado A. Talamayan, D.D.
Doctor of Divinity
Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....

, Ph. D., STD (Born October 19, 1932) is the Archbishop-emeritus of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuguegarao in the province of Cagayan
Cagayan
Cagayan , the "Land of Smiling Beauty", is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte...

, on the island of Luzon
Luzon
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, Philippines
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 after his retirement on June 15, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI replaced him with Sergio Utleg
Sergio Utleg
MOST REV.Sergio Lasam Utleg, D.D., , is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the current Archbishop of Tuguegarao in Tuguegarao, Philippines and succeeded archbishop Diosdado Talamayan....

.

Biography

His sacerdotal ordination was on November 30, 1956 in Manila
Manila
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, the Philippines and his episcopal oridation was on August 28, 1974 at Tuguegarao. He was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao on October 20, 1983 and was ordained also as the Titular Bishop of Girus
Girus
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 on January 12, 1984. He was then appointed as the second Archbishop of Tuguegarao on January 31, 1986 succeeding the Most Rev. Teodulfo S. Domingo, D.D.

Education

He graduated from the Pontifical and Royal University of Sto Tomas
University of Santo Tomas
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...

 in 1953. He received his Diploma in French Language and Civilization at the Institute Catholique
Institute Catholique
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 in 1960. He then studied at the University of Salamanca
University of Salamanca
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 until 1961. He received his Doctor of Philosophy at the Universidad Central de Madrid in 1962. He received his MA in Teacher Education in 1970 at Columbia University
Columbia University
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. He also had his Diploma in Thesis Advising from the De La Salle University
De La Salle University
De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...

 in 1979.

Ministry

He was an instructor at the San Jacinto Seminary in Alimanao, Peñablanca, Cagayan
Cagayan
Cagayan , the "Land of Smiling Beauty", is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte...

. He then became the President of Lyceum of Aparri from 1967 to 1968. He became the episcopal vicar of Aparri, Cagayan
Cagayan
Cagayan , the "Land of Smiling Beauty", is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte...

 from 1971 to 1986. Currently at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
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 (CBCP), he is the chairman for the Commission on Health Care since 1987.

Founder

The Most Rev. Talamayan founded the order of Eucharistic Healers of Mary whose charism was to take care of sick and elderly priests. Fr. Lorenzo Marzo is the first ordained priest. Now it has one deacon, five theology students, two philosophy students and one studying to be a brother.

Carillon Bells

During his 75th birthday on October 19, President Gloria Arroyo inaugurated the carillon, now an added attraction in the region being the first and only bell system in Cagayan Valley. The birthday celebration also marked the end of the Archbishops tenure as pastor of the entire archdiocese, with the dioceses of Ilagan and Bayombong covering the provinces of Isabela, and Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino, respectively. The archbishop is known as one of the closest ally in the CBCP.
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