Orlando Quevedo

His Eminence Orlando B. Quevedo O.M.I, D.D.
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cotabato
Province	Cotabato
See	Cotabato
Installed	30 May 1998
Predecessor	Philip Francis Smith, O.M.I (†)
Successor	incumbent
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria "Regina Mundi" a Torre Spaccata
Orders
Ordination	June 5, 1964
Consecration	November 15, 1982 by Bruno Torpigliani
Created Cardinal	February 22, 2014 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	11 March 1939 Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Motto	"Caritas congaudet veritati (Love rejoices in the truth)"
Coat of arms

Styles of Orlando B. Quevedo
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Orlando Beltrán Quevedo (born 11 March 1939) is a Filipino Cardinal and the current Archbishop of Cotabato. On January 12, 2014, Pope Francis named him as one of 19 new cardinals of the Catholic Church. He was created a cardinal in the consistory of February 22, 2014.

Early life

Orlando Beltrán Quevedo was born on March 11, 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 June 5, 1964.^[1]

In 1964, he was assigned assistant parish priest of Cotabato Cathedral,^[1]

Episcopacy

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

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

Cardinal

On January 12, 2014, Pope Francis named Quevedo as one of 19 men to be inducted into the College of Cardinals in the consistory of February 22, 2014, with the titular church of Santa Maria "Regina Mundi" a Torre Spaccata.^[3][4] He is the first cardinal from Mindanao^[4] and the second current Filipino cardinal-elector, along with Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila.

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.^[5]

See also

• Cardinals created by Francis

References

1. "Most Rev. Orlando Beltran Quevedo, OMI, D.D.". Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
2. "Orlando Beltran Cardinal Quevedo, O.M.I.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
3. "Pope Francis Announces Names of New Cardinals". Vatican Radio. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
4. "FIRST FROM MINDANAO: Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo among 16 new cardinals". News5. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
5. Esmaquel II, Paterno (16 January 2014). "New cardinal: 'Spokesman' from the poorest islands". Rappler. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

External links

• CBCP Online (official profile)
• "Quevedo red hat boosts hope for local church" National Catholic Reporter, January 14, 2014