His ExcellencyThe Most ReverendArchbishop Rex Andrew Alarcon D.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Nueva Cáceres
Archbishop Alarcon in 2019 atDaet Cathedral
Appointed	February 22, 2024
Installed	May 2, 2024
Predecessor	Rolando J. Tria Tirona
Other post(s)	Chairman, Episcopal Commission on Youth,Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (2019–present)
Previous post(s)	Bishop ofDaet (2019–2024)
Orders
Ordination	November 9, 1996 by Leonardo Z. Legaspi
Consecration	March 19, 2019 by Rolando J. Tria Tirona
Personal details
Born	August 6, 1970 Daet,Camarines Norte, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Motto	Servus tuus sum (lit. 'I am your servant')
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History Diaconal ordination Ordained by Jaime Cardinal Sin Date November 11, 1995 Place UST Central Seminary Priestly ordination Ordained by Leonardo Z. Legaspi Date November 9, 1996 Place Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Peñafrancia Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Rolando J. Tria Tirona Co-consecrators Adolfo Tito Yllana Manolo Alarkon delos Santos Date March 19, 2019 Place Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of St. John the Evangelist

Styles of Rex Andrew Alarcon
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Rex Andrew Clement Alarcon (born August 6, 1970) is a Filipinoprelate of theCatholic Church. He is the fifthMetropolitan Archbishop of Cáceres, appointed byPope Francis in 2024 to succeedRolando Tria Tirona. Prior to his appointment, he served asBishop of Daet from 2019 to 2024.^[1]

Alarcon, born to Juanita C. Clement and Armando A. Alarcon on August 6, 1970 in Daet, Camarines Norte, finished his grade school studies at the Naga Parochial School. He then finished his high school education and philosophy degree at the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary. After being ordained to the priesthood on November 9, 1996, he attained his licentiate and master's degree in theology from theUniversity of Santo Tomas.^[2]

After ordination, he served as parochial vicar at theSt. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish inNaga City, and professor-formator at the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary until 1997.

From 1997 to 1999 he served as secretary to then-ArchbishopLeonardo Z. Legaspi.

From 1999 and 2001 he studied at thePontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, where he obtained hislicentiate in church history.^[3] Upon his return, he became a professor at the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary.

Since 2002 he has been the director of the Stewardship Program of the Archdiocese of Cáceres (SPARC).^[4] In 2007, he was appointed as the fourth director of his alma mater, the Naga Parochial School. Concurrently, he also served as president of the Catholic Educational Association of Cáceres and Libmanan, as well as the Bicol Association of Catholic Schools.

In 2013, ArchbishopRolando J. Tria Tirona appointed him superintendent of the Catholic schools of the archdiocese. He also served as a member of the College of Consultants, and spokesperson for the archdiocese. Since 2016 he has been chairman of the National Advocacy Commission of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines.^[5]

After 22 years as a priest of theArchdiocese of Cáceres, on January 2, 2019,Pope Francis appointed him as the fourthbishop of theDiocese of Daet.^[5] He was the youngest bishop in the Philippines at the time of his appointment.^[6] He was ordained bishop on theFeast of Saint Joseph, March 19, 2019, at theNaga Metropolitan Cathedral, withAdolfo Tito Yllana,Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, and Manolo A. de los Santos,Bishop of Virac, as principal co-ordaining prelates.Apostolic NuncioGabriele Giordano Caccia represented the Holy See.^[7] Alarcon was installed a day later at theCathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, and was attended by some 2,000 people.^[8]

In May 2019, he joined the second batch of Philippine bishops who went to Rome for anAd Limina visit toPope Francis.^[9]

On February 22, 2024, theFeast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Pope Francis appointed Alarcon as the fifthArchbishop of Cáceres, followingRolando Tirona's resignation almost two years after reaching the mandatory resignation age of 75.^[10] Alarcon was installed at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral on May 2, 2024.^[11] He received thepallium — the symbol of his authority asmetropolitan archbishop — from Pope Francis on June 29, theSolemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in Rome.^[12] In line with Francis'revised policy in 2015 on the investiture of the pallia to be done in a separate ceremony in the archbishops' home dioceses, ArchbishopCharles John Brown, theApostolic Nuncio to the Philippines invested the pallium on Alarcon on September 21, 2024.^[13]

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