Address of cardinal luis antonio tagle biography

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle of the Phillipines, the recipient of the 2015–16 Ford Family Notre Dame Award for Human Development and Solidarity, has been a consistent advocate for the poor and vulnerable throughout his influential career in the Catholic Church. The 32nd archbishop of Manila, he is both unpretentious and dynamic, whether commuting by bicycle or inspiring massive crowds with his exhortations.

Born in 1957, Tagle grew up in a devout Catholic family and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982. He served as a parish priest in Cavite Province for three years and taught theology at several seminaries before continuing his own studies.

In 1991, he earned a doctorate in sacred theology from the Catholic University of America, writing his dissertation on the development of episcopal collegiality during Vatican II. His dissertation director, Joseph Komonchak, called him “one of the best students I had in over 40 years of teaching, ” opining that Tagle could have been an influential theologian had he not been appointed bishop.

Pope John Paul II appointed Tagle a member of the Vatican’s International Theological Commission in 1997, and in 2001 he was named bishop of Imus, the Philippines. In his new role, he made it a point to live humbly and remain connected

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Cardinal Louis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Section for the First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Gran Chancellor of the Pontifical University Urbaniana, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manila, was born on 21 June 1957 in Manila, the Philippines.

He received religious instruction at St. Andrew’s School, Parañaque, then run by the Scheut Missionaries. After leaving school he entered the inter-diocesan St. Jose Seminary in the capital, run by the Jesuits, and in seminary he studied philosophy at the Athenaeum of Manila University and theology at the Loyola School of Theology.

He was ordained to the diaconate on 18 July 1981 and to the priesthood on 27 February 1982. For the first three years as a priest he served in parish ministry and as spiritual director of the Diocesan Theological Seminary in Imus of which he was later Rector. He taught philosophy and theology at the Divine Word and San Carlos Seminaries and at the Loyola School of Theology.

In 1985 he was sent to the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. to study systematic theology. He earned a licence in sacred theology in 1987 and a doctorate with summa cum laude in 1991.

On his return to Imus in 1992, he resumed his office as