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| Cardinal Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Province | Cotabato | ||||||||||||||||||||
| See | Cotabato | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | May 30, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | September 8, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | November 6, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Philip Francis SmithOMI | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Angelito Lampon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | June 5, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | November 15, 1982 by Bruno Torpigliani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Created cardinal | February 22, 2014 byPope Francis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Cardinal priest | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1939-03-11)March 11, 1939 (age 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | Caritas congaudet veritati (Love rejoices in the truth) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Orlando Beltran Quevedo (Spanish pronunciation:[keˈβeðo]; born March 11, 1939) is aFilipino prelate of theCatholic Church. Acardinal since 2014, he wasArchbishop of Cotabato from 1998 to 2018. He became abishop in 1980.
Orlando Beltran Quevedo was born on March 11, 1939, inLaoag,Ilocos Norte. Beginning in 1945, he attended grades 1 to 3 in Laoag Shamrock School, and finished grades 4 to 6 in Marbel Central Elementary School inKoronadal, South Cotabato, graduating in 1950. He attendedNotre Dame High School in Koronadal from 1950 to 1954.[1]
Quevedo studied atSan José Seminary from 1954 to 1956, but spent hisnovitiate in St. Peter's Novitiate inMission, Texas. He earned his degree in philosophy from San José Seminary in 1960, and in 1964 received his S.T.B. and MA in Religious Education fromOblate College (Catholic University of America) inWashington, D.C. He was ordained a priest of theMissionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on June 5, 1964.[1]
In 1964, he was assigned assistantparish priest of Cotabato Cathedral.[1]
Quevedo was appointedBishop-Prelate of Kidapawan byPope John Paul II on October 28, 1980.[2] Upon the prelature's elevation to diocese, he assumed the title Bishop of Kidapawan.
On March 22, 1986, he was namedArchbishop of Nueva Segovia inIlocos Sur, and[2] on May 30, 1998, he was namedArchbishop of Cotabato.[2]
On January 12, 2014, Pope Francis named Quevedo as one of 19 men to be inducted into theCollege of Cardinals in theconsistory of February 22, 2014, with the titular church ofSanta Maria "Regina Mundi" a Torre Spaccata.[3][4] He is the first cardinal fromMindanao[4] and, until his 80th birthday, the second Filipino cardinal-elector, along withLuis Antonio Tagle,Archbishop of Manila. Pope Francis named him member in Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
On November 6, 2018, Pope Francis accepted Quevedo's resignation as archbishop, and appointedAngelito Lampon as his successor.[5]
Cardinal Quevedo ceased to be a cardinal-elector on his 80th birthday in 2019.
Due toCOVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions and the vacancy of theApostolic Nunciature to the Philippines, Cardinal Quevedo installedCharlie M. Inzon as the sixthApostolic Vicar of Jolo on April 4, 2020, andJose Cabantan asArchbishop of Cagayan de Oro on August 28, 2020.
In 1994, Quevedo received the most votes for election to the General Council of the Secretariat of theSynod of Bishops inRome.[4]
Quevedo is a former secretary-general of theFederation of Asian Bishops' Conferences and former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.[6]
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| Preceded by | CBCP President December 1, 1999 – November 30, 2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Federico Escaler, SJ | Bishop of Kidapawan July 23, 1980 – March 22, 1986 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Archbishop ofNueva Segovia March 22, 1986 – May 30, 1998 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Cotabato May 30, 1998 – November 6, 2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Priest ofSanta Maria "Regina Mundi" a Torre Spaccata February 22, 2014 – present | Incumbent |
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