His Eminence
LUIS ANTONIO GOKIM CARDINAL TAGLE
Archbishop of Manila
Personal
Birthday:
21 June 1957
Birthplace:
Manila
Father:
Manuel Topacio Tagle, Sr.
Mother:
Milagros Gokim Tagle
Brother:
Manuel Gokim Tagle, Jr.
Educational Background
Grade School:
St. Andrew’s School, Parañaque City, 1969
High School:
St. Andrew’s School, Parañaque City, 1973
College:
A.B. Philosophy
Ateneo de Manila University and San Jose Seminary, 1973
Graduate Studies:
M.A. Theology, Candidate
Loyola School of Theology and San Jose Seminary, 1982
Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.)
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1987
Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.)
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1991
Ministerial Background
Diaconal Ordination
18 July 1981, San Jose Seminary
Presbyteral Ordination
27 February 1982, Imus Cathedral
Nomination as Bishop of Imus
22 October 2001
Episcopal Ordination
12 December 2001, Imus Cathedral
Nomination as Archbishop of Manila
13 October 2011
Installation as Archbishop of Manila
12 December 2011
Announcement of Elevation to theCollege of Cardinals
24 October 2012
Consistory
24 November 2012
Assignments in the Diocese of Imus
1982 – 1984
Associate Pastor, St. Augustine Parish, Mendez, Cavite
1982 – 1983
Spiritual Director, Tahanan ng Mabuting Pastol, Tagaytay City
1983 – 1984
Acting Rector, Tahanan ng Mabuting Pastol, Tagaytay City
1984 – 1985
Rector, Tahanan ng Mabuting Pastol, Tagaytay City
1992 – 2011
Rector, Tahanan ng Mabuting Pastol, Tagaytay City
1993 – 2000
Member, Board of Consultors and Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of Imus
1993 – 2000
Episcopal Vicar for Religious
1993 – 1995
Member, Diocesan Commission on the Clergy
1998 – 2001
Parish Priest, Our Lady of the Pillar Cathedral, Imus, Cavite
2002 – 2011
Rector, Our Lady of the Pillar Seminary, Imus, Cavite
Other Ministries
1982 – 1985
Instructor of Theology: San Carlos Seminary (Manila), Loyola School of Theology (Quezon City), Divine Word Seminary (Tagaytay)
1992 – 2011
Instructor of Theology: Loyola School of Theology (Quezon City), Divine Word Seminary (Tagaytay)
1992 – 1995
Instructor of Theology: Maryhill School of Theology (Quezon City)
1994 – 2001
Facilitator, CBCP National Ongoing Formation of Priests
1995 – 2001
Consultant, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Commission on Doctrine of the Faith Commission on Seminaries
1995 – 2001
Member, Editorial Board, Storia del Concilia Vaticano II, Instituto per le scienze religiose, Bologna, Italy
1995 - 2000
Presenter and Member of the Drafting Committee, VI and VII Plenary Assemblies of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC)
1997 – 2002
Member, International Theological Commission, Vatican City
1998
Expert, Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Asia, Vatican City Member, Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican City
2003-Present
Member, Office of Theological Concerns, FABC
2003-Present
Chairperson, Episcopal Commission on the Doctrine of the Faith, CBCP
2004
Delegate of the Philippines, VIII Plenary Assembly of the FABC, Daejeon, South Korea
2005
Elected Delegate of the Philippines, XI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican
2005-2011
Board of Directors, Pondo ng Pinoy Community Foundation and Chair of the Programs Committee
2005-2008
Elected Member of the Council of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican
2006
Presentor, Asian Mission Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 19-22 October
2007
Elected Bishop Chair of the Office of Theological Concerns, FABC Elected Delegate of the Philippines to the XII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican, October 2008
2008-Present
Elected Member of the Permanent Council of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican
2009
Head of Drafting Committee: IX Plenary Assembly of FABC, Manila, August 2009
2010
Appointed Apostolic Visitator of Seminaries in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
2012
Chairman, Pondo ng Pinoy Community Foundation
2012
Member, Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, June 2012
2012
Appointed Member of the XIII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization, Vatican, October 2012
2012
Appointed Vice-President of the Commission for the Message of the XIII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization, Vatican, October 2012
2013
Appointed Member Pontifical Council for the Family, January 2013 Appointed Member Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People, January 2013
2014
Appointed Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, February 2014 Appointed President-Delegate of the 3rd Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, October 2014
2014
Appointed Member of the Sacred Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, March 2014
2014
Appointed Member of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, September 2014
Awards
April 2002
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa Far Eastern University
March 30, 2012
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa San Beda College
June 19, 2013
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa De La Salle University, Dasmariñas
June 24, 2013
Outstanding Manilan 2013
August 1, 2013
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro
August 16, 2013
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa Holy Angel University, Pampanga
March 28, 2014
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa Fordham University, New York, USA
April 22, 2014
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa Angeles University Foundation, Angeles, Pampanga
May 17, 2014
Doctor in Humanities honoris causa Catholic University, Washington, DC, USA
August 4, 2014
Doctorate in Humanities honoris causa Australian Catholic University