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.

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Jose was born on September 11, 1946. His parents were Vicente Oliveros and Angelina Francisco, from

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province. He was ordained a priest on November 28, 1970 in

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(Rizal Park) Manila by Pope

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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

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by Archbishop Antonio Franco, former Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop

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, then-Archbishop of Lipa and Bishop Emilio Zurbano Marquez, then-Bishop of Gumaca. On May 14, 2004, Bishop Oliveros was appointed Bishop of Malolos. He was installed on August 5, 2004 at Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Malolos Cathedral) Malolos City. He died on May 11, 2018 after a lengthy illness, particularly prostate cancer, just 4 months before his 72nd Birthday. He is the first Bishop of Malolos to die in office. Among his last activities are the Episcopal ordination of Rev. Msgr. Bartolome Santos as the 5th Bishop of Iba which he celebrated alongside Archbishop Florentino Lavarias of the Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga and Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle which took place at the Malolos Cathedral on April 30, 2018, and his last 2 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveros, Jose Francisco 1946 births 2018 deaths People from Bulacan People from Marinduque People from Quezon 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Deaths from prostate cancer Deaths from cancer in the Philippines

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