Jose Cabantan

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Araneta and the surname or paternal family name is Cabantan.

José Araneta Cabantan (born June 19, 1957) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church, serving as the archbishop of the Latin Church Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines.^[2]

His Excellency, The Most Reverend José A. Cabantan D.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
Church	Catholic Church Latin Church
Archdiocese	Cagayan de Oro
Appointed	June 23, 2020
Installed	August 28, 2020
Predecessor	Antonio Ledesma
Successor	Incumbent
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Malaybalay (2010‍–‍2020)
Orders
Ordination	April 30, 1990 by Patrick Henry Cronin
Consecration	April 30, 2010 by Edward Joseph Adams
Personal details
Born	José Araneta Cabantan (1957-06-19) June 19, 1957 (age 68) Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Education	Cebu Institute of Technology St. John Vianney Theological Seminary Loyola School of Theology
Motto	Spe Salvi Sumus (Latin for 'In hope we were saved')
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Patrick Henry Cronin Date April 30, 1990 Place Lagonglong, Cagayan de Oro Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Edward Joseph Adams Co-consecrators Antonio Ledesma, Honesto Pacana Date April 30, 2010 Place Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral, Cagayan de Oro
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Jose Cabantan as principal consecrator Noel Portal Pedregosa September 14, 2021
Source(s): Misyon Oline[1] Catholic-Hierarchy.org[2]

Styles of José A. Cabantan
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Early life

José Araneta Cabantan was born in Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental, on June 19, 1957. He completed his secondary education at Saint John the Baptist High School in Lagonglong. He subsequently received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Cebu Institute of Technology in Cebu City, his master's degree in pastoral ministry from St. John Vianney Theological seminary in Cagayan de Oro, and his Licentiate in sacred theology from the Loyola School of Theology in Manila.

He was ordained a priest on April 30, 1990, in Lagonglong for the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.

After a year as associate pastor at the cathedral, he was, from 1991 to 1995, administrator of the San Roque parish of Catarman, Camaguin. From 1995 to 1997 he was dean of studies at the San Jose de Mindanao Seminary in Cagayan de Oro. After three years of study at the Loyola School of Theology and one year as director of the San Jose Seminary in Quezon City, he was, from 2000 to 2007, formator at the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro. From 2007 to 2010 he was pastor of the Medalla Milagrosa parish in Cagayan de Oro.

Episcopacy

Cabantan was elected Bishop of Malaybalay on February 18, 2010, after the retirement of his predecessor Honesto Pacana, S.J., and was consecrated on April 30 by Edward Joseph Adams, then Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.

Within the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, Bishop Cabantan served as president of the Episcopal Commission for Basic Communities.^{[citation needed]}

On June 23, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Cabantan as the fifth Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro after the retirement of his predecessor Archbishop Antonio Ledesma and was canonically installed on August 28, 2020 by Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, Archbishop-emeritus of Cotabato.^[3][4] He also received the pallium — the symbol of his authority as metropolitan archbishop — during his installation ceremony.^[5]

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  Coat of arms as Bishop of Malaybalay