Zacarias Cenita Jimenez (5 November 1947 – 19 April 2018) was a Filipino

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bishop.

Biography

Born on 5 November 1947 in

Inabanga Inabanga, officially the Municipality of Inabanga ( ceb, Munisipyo sa Inabanga; tgl, Bayan ng Inabanga), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 48,534 people. The ...

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It ...

in the

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, Jimenez was ordained to the priesthood on 17 April 1973 at the St. Joseph's Cathedral in

Tagbilaran Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 104,976 people. Encompassing a la ...

. He was consecrated as bishop on 6 January 1995 at the

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in the

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. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian (Lat: ''Dioecesis Pagadianensis'') is a Roman Rite diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Created on November 12, 1971, the diocese was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Zamb ...

, Philippines, from 2 December 1994 to 11 June 2003. He then served as auxiliary bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Butuan The Roman Catholic Diocese of Butuan (Lat: ''Dioecesis Butuanensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. History The Diocese was erected in 1967, through Pope Paul VI, separating from the Diocese of ...

, Philippines and as titular bishop of ''Arba'' from 11 June 2003 until his death. He was discharged from a hospital on 15 April 2018 after suffering a second stroke but died at 8:01 a.m on 19 April due to acute respiratory failure in

Butuan Butuan (pronounced ), officially the City of Butuan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Butuan; Butuanon: ''Dakbayan hong Butuan''; fil, Lungsod ng Butuan), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Caraga, Philippines. It is the ''de facto'' c ...

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{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Pagadian 1947 births 2018 deaths People from Bohol 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines