Jose Francisco Oliveros

{{Short description|Filipino Roman Catholic prelate}} {{Philippine name|Francisco|Oliveros}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Jose Francisco Oliveros | honorific_suffix = D.D. | title = Bishop of Malolos | image = JfBishops0422SanFernandofvf 03.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = Oliveros in 2014 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Malolos | appointed = May 14, 2004 | term_start = August 5, 2004 | term_end = May 11, 2018 | predecessor = Rolando Tria Tirona | successor = Dennis Villarojo | opposed = | other_post = {{indented plainlist| *Bishop of Boac (2000–2004) }} | ordination = November 28, 1970 | ordained_by = Pope Paul VI | consecration = March 20, 2000 | consecrated_by = Antonio Franco | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = | laicized =  | birth_name = Jose Francisco Oliveros | birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|09|11}} | baptised =  | birth_place = Quezon, Quezon, Philippines | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|05|11|1946|09|11|mf=y}} | death_place = Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines | buried = Malolos Cathedral Crypt | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality =  | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = | education = | alma_mater = University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary | motto = ''Confido in Misericordia Dei'' <br />(I trust in the mercy of God) | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of José Francisco Oliveros.svg }}

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'''Jose Francisco Oliveros''' (September 11, 1946 – May 11, 2018) was a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos.

Before being transferred to Malolos, he was a professor and priest-formator at the St. Alphonsus School of Theology, in Lucena City from 1972-1973, subsequently becoming its vice-rector in 1982-1983 and rector from 1983-1992.

He later became bishop of Boac, Marinduque from 2000-2004.

==Early life== Oliveros was born on September 11, 1946. His parents were Vicente Oliveros and Angelina Francisco, from Quezon in the eponymous province. He studied at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Minor Seminary in Sariaya and the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary in Manila. He completed his master’s degree in psychology from the Ateneo de Manila University and a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy.

== Priesthood == He was ordained a priest on November 28, 1970 at Luneta (Rizal Park) in Manila by Pope Paul VI.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://cbcpwebsite.com/Bishops2/oliveros.html|title=Oliveros|website=cbcpwebsite.com|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> He was incardinated as a priest in the Diocese of Gumaca, Quezon, in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop José Francisco Oliveros [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bolij.html |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>

Oliveros was also a seminary formator. He first served as a professor and Spiritual Director at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Seminary in Sariaya, Quezon from 1971-1972.<ref name=":0" /> He then taught at the St. Alphonsus School of Theology in Lucena City from 1972-1973.<ref name=":0" /> After assignments in the United States, and Germany, he became the vice-rector of St. Alphonsus School of Theology from 1982-1983, subsequently appointed as rector from 1983-1992.<ref name=":0" />

== Episcopacy == Pope John Paul II appointed him on February 2, 2000, Bishop of the Diocese of Boac. He was consecrated bishop on March 20, 2000, in the Cathedral of San Diego de Alcala in Gumaca, Quezon by Archbishop Antonio Franco, former Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bolij.html|title=Bishop José Francisco Oliveros |website=Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, then-Archbishop of Lipa and Bishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez, then-Bishop of Gumaca. His episcopal motto is "''Confido in Misericordia Dei (I trust in the mercy of God),''" taken from Psalm 52.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-11 |title=Bishop Oliveros of Malolos dies at 71 |url=https://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/bishop-oliveros-of-malolos-dies-at-71/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=CBCPNews |language=en-US}}</ref>

On August 15, 2003, Oliveros was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Malolos, while remaining in his office as bishop of Boac.<ref name=":0" /> On May 14, 2004, he was appointed Bishop of Malolos. He was installed on August 5, 2004, at Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Malolos Cathedral) in Malolos.<ref name=":0" /> 150px|thumbnail|right| Malolos Cathedral Crypt He died on May 11, 2018, after a lengthy illness, particularly prostate cancer, at age 71. He is the first bishop of Malolos to die in office. Among his last activities were the episcopal ordination of Most Rev. Bartolome G. Santos, who, at that time, was recently appointed as the 5th Bishop of Iba, which he celebrated alongside San Fernando, Pampanga Archbishop Florentino Lavarias and Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle at the Malolos Cathedral on April 30, 2018, and his last two masses at the San Miguel Arcangel Parishes in the towns of Marilao and San Miguel held on May 8, 3 days before his death. He is buried at the crypt of the Malolos Cathedral.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/202257-malolos-bishop-jose-oliveros-dies/|title = Malolos Bishop Jose Oliveros dies at 71|date = May 11, 2018|first=Paterno II|last=Esmaquel|work=Rappler}}</ref> Upon Oliveros' death, Pope Francis appointed Honesto Ongtioco, then second bishop of Balanga, Bataan from April 8, 1998 to August 28, 2003 and bishop of Cubao since August 28, 2003, as the diocese's sede vacante apostolic administrator from May 11, 2018 until the installation of Dennis Villarojo as fifth bishop into office on August 21, 2019.

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==External links== {{wikiquote|José Francisco Oliveros}} * {{commons category-inline}}

{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-bef|before= Rafael Montiano Lim}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Boac| years= March 20, 2000 – August 5, 2004}} {{s-aft|after= Reynaldo G. Evangelista}} {{s-bef|before=Rolando T. Tirona}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Malolos| years=August 5, 2004 – May 11, 2018}} {{s-aft|after= Dennis C. Villarojo}} {{s-end}}

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