Jose Ramirez Rapadas III (born July 12, 1972) is a Filipino

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of the

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. He is currently the

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of the

Diocese of Iligan The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan (Lat: ''Dioecesis Iliganensis'') is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising 25 parishes in Iligan City and twelve municipalities located at the norther ...

in the Philippines.

Background

Rapadas was born on July 12, 1972 in Tondo, Manila, but he was raised in

Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay Ipil, officially the Municipality of Ipil ( ceb, Lungsod sa Ipil; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Ipil''), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population o ...

. He attended St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in

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, and was ordained a priest in 1999. He also attended the Loyola School of Theology at the Ateneo de Manila University where he obtained his licentiate in dogmatic theology.

Ministry

Sacerdotal

He served as a seminary professor and rector at Saint Joseph College Seminary, and as professor of religious studies University of Zamboanga. Prior to his appointment as bishop of Iligan, he served as vicar general of the

diocese of Ipil The Diocese of Ipil ( la, Dioecesis Ipil-ensis) is a Roman Catholic Diocese located in the municipality of Ipil in the Ecclesiastical province of Zamboanga in the Philippines. It is an ecclesiastical territory in the province of Zamboanga Sibug ...

in Zamboanga Sibugay.

Episcopal

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appointed Rapadas to be the 5th Bishop of Iligan on June 13, 2019, nearly two years after the passing of then-Bishop

Elenito Galido Elenito delos Reyes Galido (April 18, 1953; Malaybalay City, Bukidnon – December 5, 2017) was a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iligan, an ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering the whole province of Lanao del Norte and the city ...

in 2017. He took over from Bishop

Severo Caermare Severo Cagatan Caermare (born October 22, 1969) is a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Bishop (Catholic Church), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dipolog, Diocese of Dipolog in the Philippines. Background Caermare ...

of the diocese of Dipolog whom Pope Francis had assigned to administer the parish during its ''

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'' period.

References

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