Alberto Jover Piamonte, D.D., JCD., (21 November 1934 – 17 December 1998) was the fourth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jaro in the

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. He was born in Iloilo City on 21 November 1934 and was a native of the District of Jaro,

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''Christmas Finds Philippine Archdiocese With No Archbishop'' in UCANEWS.com, 21 December 1998. Retrieved on 10 August 2018.
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and

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St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary The Seminario de San Vicente Ferrer (Saint Vincent Ferrer Seminary), also known as San Vicente Ferrer, Seminario or Saint Vincent, is a college-seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro located in Iloilo City. It was founded in 1869 an ...

, he was ordained a

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of the Archdiocese of Jaro on 22 March 1958. He served the

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for around 40 years. In 1960, two years after his ordination to the priesthood, he was appointed as Vice Chancellor of the archdiocese. Afterwards he was sent for further studies in

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, where he earned his Licentiate in

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from the

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. He also pursued his doctorate in the same field at the

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. Staying in

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after his terminal degree in

, Piamonte served at the Roman Rota, the ordinary court of appeal of the Vatican for cases on matters of ecclesiastical law appealed to the

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, notably cases involving the validity of marriage. He was the first Filipino auditor of the Roman Rota. On 28 December 1974,

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appointed Mons. Alberto Piamonte as Titular Bishop of Gubaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Jaro. He received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani,

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to the Philippines, with Archbishop

Jaime Sin Jaime Lachica Sin ( zh, t=辛海梅, 辛海棉, poj=Sin Hái-mûi, Sin Hái-mî; August 31, 1928 – June 21, 2005), commonly and formally known as Jaime Cardinal Sin, was the 30th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila and the third cardinal from ...

(the newly appointed archbishop of Manila that year) and Archbishop Artemio Cases, the 3rd Archbishop of Jaro. After Archbishop Casas resigned in 1986, Mons. Piamonte was installed as ordinary of the archdiocese on 16 July 1986. At the time of his death, on 17 December 1998, Archbishop Piamonte was Chairman of the Commission on Canon Law of the

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines; ceb, Hugpong sa mga Obispo nga Katoliko sa Pilipinas; bcl, Komperensya kan mga Obispo Katoliko kan Pilipinas; hil, Komperensya sang mga Obispo Katoliko sang Pilipinas; ilo, Kumperensya ti ...

(CBCP). He had been a member of the CBCP Administrative Council from 1977-1981 and a member of the CBCP Permanent Council from 1983-1987 and 1993-1996. In 1997, Archbishop Piamonte led the Church's opposition in Iloilo against the plan of the government of former Philippine President

Fidel V. Ramos Fidel Valdez Ramos (, ; March 18, 1928 – July 31, 2022), popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military ...

, to amend the Constitution and to extend the term of Philippine President. Mons. Piamonte also led protests against a government-sanctioned lottery, and promoted protection of the environment through tree-planting and other activities. Archbishop Piamonte was among the 13 Filipino Synod Fathers at the Special Assembly of the 1998 Synod of Bishops for Asia, Sinodo dei Vescovi - ASSEMBLEA SPECIALE PER L'ASIA (19 APRILE-14 MAGGIO 1998)
/ref> held from April 19 - May 14 of that year, at the Vatican.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Piamonte, Alberto 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Philippines 1934 births Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni People from Iloilo City 1998 deaths University of Santo Tomas alumni Visayan people Roman Catholic archbishops of Jaro