Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit Jr. was appointed

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of the

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on December 31, 2014. He replaced Bishop

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after he was installed as the

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in April 2013. He was ordained by Cardinal

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on March 13, 2015 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian

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, and installed as the fourth Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015.

Education

*1976-1979: Elementary - (Primary) Canossa Academy *1979-1981: Elementary - (Intermmediate) De la Salle — Lipa City *1981-1985: High School — St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary, Lipa City *1985-1989: Philosophy — St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary, Marawoy Lipa City *1989-1994: Sacred Theology — Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain *1999-2003: Post Graduate Studies — Studies Licentiate and Doctorate courses in Ecclesiastical History — Pontificia, Universita Santa Croce,

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Ordinations

Maralit was eventually appointed as the Bishop of Boac on December 31, 2014. On March 13, 2015 at the San Sebastian Cathedral in Lipa City he was ordained as bishop by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, the Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, which coincided with his 20th Sacerdotal Anniversary. He was installed at Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015."Bishop Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit Jr."
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Bishop of Boac

Maralit was installed as the fourth Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015. The installation mass was led by Archbishop Ramon Arguelles Lipa Archbishop at the

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. Manila Archbishop-Emeritus Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales along with the bishops and Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, witnessed the installation.

Ministries as a priest

*1995-1996 - Parochial Vicar at the Parish of the Immaculate Conception, Bauan, Batangas *1995-1999 - Professor at St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa City *1996-1998 – Assistant Director of the Archdiocesan Commission on Vocation *1998-1999 – Director of the Archdiocesan Commission on Vocation *2003-2009 – Professor/Priest/Formator/Vice-Rector/Dean of Studies at St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa City *2006 up to present – Chairman of the Construction Committee of St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary *2009-2013 – Rector, St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary *2011-2013 – Parochial Vicar at the Parish of Sto. Niño, Marawoy, Lipa City *2013 up to present – Parish Priest of the Parish of Invencion de la Santa Cruz, Alitagtag, Batangas/Appointed Member of the Presbyteral Council *31 December 2014 - Elected 4th Bishop of the Diocese of Boac

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maralit Jr., Marcelino M. 1969 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines People from Lipa, Batangas