Orlando Quevedo Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Orlando B. Quevedo
Honorific-Suffix:O.M.I., D.D.
Archbishop Of:Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato
Province:Cotabato
See:Cotabato
Enthroned:30 May 1998
Ended:6 November 2018
Predecessor:Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I.
Successor:Angelito Lampon
Ordination:5 June 1964
Consecration:15 November 1982
Consecrated By:Bruno Torpigliani
Cardinal:22 February 2014
Created Cardinal By:Pope Francis
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata
Birth Date:1939 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Orlando Beltran Quevedo.svg
Motto:Latin: Caritas congaudet veritati
(Love rejoices in the truth)
Orlando B. Quevedo
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
Relstyle:Cardinal

Orlando Beltran Quevedo (born 11 March 1939) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2014, he was Archbishop of Cotabato from 1998 to 2018. He became a bishop in 1980.

Early life

Orlando Beltran Quevedo was born on 11 March 1939, in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. Beginning in 1945, he attended grades 1 to 3 in Laoag Shamrock School, and finished grades 4 to 6 in Marbel Central Elementary School in Marbel, South Cotabato, graduating in 1950. He attended Notre Dame High School in Marbel from 1950 to 1954.[1]

Priesthood

Quevedo studied at San José Seminary from 1954 to 1956, but spent his novitiate in St. Peter's Novitiate in Mission, Texas. He earned his degree in philosophy from San José Seminary in 1960, and in 1964 received his S.T.B. and MA in Religious Education from Oblate College (Catholic University of America) in Washington, D.C. He was ordained a priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on 5 June 1964.

In 1964, he was assigned assistant parish priest of Cotabato Cathedral.

Episcopacy

Quevedo was appointed Bishop-Prelate of Kidapawan by Pope John Paul II on 28 October 1980.[2] Upon the prelature's elevation to diocese, he assumed the title Bishop of Kidapawan.

On 22 March 1986, he was named Archbishop of Nueva Segovia in Ilocos Sur, and[2] on 30 May 1998, he was named Archbishop of Cotabato.[2]

Cardinal

On 12 January 2014, Pope Francis named Quevedo as one of 19 men to be inducted into the College of Cardinals in the consistory of 22 February 2014, with the titular church of Santa Maria "Regina Mundi" a Torre Spaccata.[3] He is the first cardinal from Mindanao[4] and, until his 80th birthday, the second Filipino cardinal-elector, along with Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila. Pope Francis named him member in Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.

On 6 November 2018, Pope Francis accepted Quevedo's resignation as archbishop.[5]

Cardinal Quevedo ceased to be a cardinal-elector on his 80th birthday.

Other posts

In 1994 Quevedo received the most votes for election to the General Council of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in Rome.[4] Quevedo is a former secretary-general of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences and former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Most Rev. Orlando Beltran Quevedo, OMI, D.D.. Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. 6 November 2018 . dead. 31 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180131235542/http://cbcponline.net/bishops/archbishops/quevedo.html.
  2. Web site: Orlando Beltran Cardinal Quevedo, O.M.I.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 12 January 2014. 3 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Pope Francis Announces Names of New Cardinals. Vatican Radio. 12 January 2014. 3 February 2014. 27 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150127202422/http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-announces-names-of-new-cardinals. dead.
  4. Web site: FIRST FROM MINDANAO: Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo among 16 new cardinals. News5. 12 January 2014. 3 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201144232/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/78535/cotabato-archbishop-orlando-quevedo-among-16-new-cardinals. 1 February 2014.
  5. Rinunce e nomine, 06.11.2018 . 6 November 2018 . Holy See Press Office . it . 6 November 2018.
  6. Web site: New cardinal: 'Spokesman' from the poorest islands. Paterno. Esmaquel II. 16 January 2014. 3 February 2014. Rappler.