Ricardo Lingan Baccay (born April 3, 1961) is the fourth Archbishop of the

Archdiocese of Tuguegarao The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Tuguegarao is a river delta city that became center of the archdiocese in the Province of Cagayan, on the island of ...

Biography

Ricardo Lingan Baccay was born in

Tuguegarao Tuguegarao ( or ), officially the City of Tuguegarao ( ibg, Siyudad nat Tugegaraw; itv, Siyudad yo Tugegaraw; ilo, Siudad ti Tuguegarao; fil, Lungsod ng Tuguegarao ), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Cagayan, Phil ...

on April 3, 1961. Finishing his secondary studies in

San Jacinto Seminary San Jacinto Seminary is the only minor seminary in Cagayan Valley. Founded in 1918, it is located in Alimannao Hills, Peñablanca, Cagayan Valley, under the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao is an eccles ...

, his courses in Philosophy and Theology at the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...

, his Masters at the Lyceum of Aparri and his Doctorate in Educational Management from the

University of Manila , mottoeng = ''Country Science and Virtue'' , type = Private Non-sectarian Research Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution , established = , founders = , academic_affili ...

, he was ordained a priest on April 10, 1987 by Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan. On February 3, 2007,

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the soverei ...

appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao and Titular Bishop of ''Gabala''. He was consecrated bishop on April 10, 2007 by

Fernando Filoni Fernando Filoni (born 15 April 1946) is a cardinal prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2011 to 2 ...

, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. Co-consecrators were Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan, Archbishop of Tuguegarao ; and Sergio Lasam Utleg, Bishop of Laoag. On February 20, 2016,

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

appointed him as the third Bishop of the

Diocese of Alaminos The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alaminos ('' la, Dioecesis Alaminensis'') is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The diocese was erected on January 12, 1985, and comprises 14 municipalities in the ...

in Pangasinan. After three years, on October 18, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him as the Fourth Archbishop of Tuguegarao in Cagayan following the resignation of Archbishop Sergio Utleg and returning him to the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuguegarao.

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