Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Leopoldo Tumulak | |
Military Ordinariate of the Philippines | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed: | 15 January 2005 |
Term End: | 17 June 2017 |
Predecessor: | Ramon Arguelles |
Successor: | Oscar Jaime Florencio |
Ordination: | 30 March 1971 |
Consecration: | 12 January 1987 |
Consecrated By: | Ricardo Vidal |
Birth Name: | Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1944 |
Birth Place: | Santander, Cebu, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
Death Place: | San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (1987–1992) Bishop of Tagbilaran (1992–2005) Military Ordinariate of the Philippines (2005–2017) |
Motto: | "Unitas in Caritate" (Unity in Love) |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Leopoldo Tumulak.svg |
Leopoldo S. Tumulak | |
Dipstyle: | His Excellency |
Offstyle: | Your Grace |
Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak (29 September 1944 – 17 June 2017) was a Filipino Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines.[1] He served as head of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines from 2005 until his death in 2017.
Tumalak was born in Santander, Cebu. He went to Mainit Primary School and Santander Elementary School for his primary and elementary education. He studied at High School in St. Mary's Academy. He went on to study Philosophy in Seminario Menor de San Carlos and Theology in Seminario Major due San Carlos in Cebu. He gained an MA in Educational Administration in Colegio due San Jose Recoletos.[2]
He was ordained as priest on 30 March 1971. Pope John Paul II appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu in 1987.
Bishop Tumulak was appointed as Bishop of Tagbilaran on 28 November 1992.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Military Ordinariate of the Philippines on 15 January 2005.
Tumulak died on 17 June 2017 at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan, Philippines from pancreatic cancer, aged 72.[3]