Gerard Francisco Timoner III
Gerard Timoner III | |||||||||
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| Master of the Order of Preachers | |||||||||
 Timoner in 2023 | |||||||||
| Church | Latin Church | ||||||||
| Elected | 13 July 2019 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Bruno Cadoré | ||||||||
| Previous posts | Vice rector for Religious Affairs and Rector of the Central (Interdiocesan) Seminary at the University of Santo Tomas (2007–2012) | ||||||||
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| Ordination | 14 May 1995 | ||||||||
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
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Gerard Francisco Parco Timoner III OP (born 26 January 1968) is a Filipino Catholic priest who has served as the 88th Master of the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans, since 13 July 2019. He is the first Asian to hold the position.
Timoner is also a professor of theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and since 2014 a member of the International Theological Commission.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Gerard Francisco P. Timoner III was born on 26 January 1968 in Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines to Francisco Timoner Jr. and Lilia Parco. He attended the Augustinian-administered La Consolacion College – Daet, graduating first honors from grade school in 1981, and as high school valedictorian in 1985. He obtained his licentiate in philosophy at the Philippine Dominican Center for International Studies in 1991 and a licentiate in theology at the University of Santo Tomas in 1994.[1] He joined the Dominicans in 1985 and professed his vows in 1989.[2] His brother, Ronald Anthony, is a bishop who, during his priesthood, served in the Diocese of Daet as its vicar general and diocesan administrator before being appointed as Bishop of Pagadian.
Vocation
[edit | edit source]Timoner was ordained a priest in 1995. He earned additional degrees in sacred theology and intercultural theology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 2004.[1][2]
On 23 September 2014, Pope Francis named him a member of the International Theological Commission.[3] He is the fourth Filipino to have that distinction.[2]
In December 2018, he was one of the leaders of a delegation of priests that searched the Dominican Mausoleum in Rome's Campo Verano cemetery for the remains of the first native-born Filipino ever consecrated a bishop, Jorge Barlin (born 1850–1909), who served as the Bishop of Nueva Caceres until his death in the city in 1909.[4][5]
He was Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of the Philippines and then Socius of the Master for Asia-Pacific[6] before being elected Master of the Order on 13 July 2019.[7] As the head of the Dominicans, he is also the ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.[8]
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See also
[edit | edit source]External links
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Camarines Norte
- People from Quezon City
- Radboud University Nijmegen alumni
- University of Santo Tomas alumni
- Members of the Dominican Order
- Filipino Dominicans
- Academic staff of the University of Santo Tomas
- 21st-century Filipino Roman Catholic priests
- 20th-century Filipino Roman Catholic priests
- Masters of the Order of Preachers