Marcelino Antonio Maralit

The Most Reverend Marcelino Antonio M. Maralit Jr. DD
Bishop of Boac
Official portrait as Bishop of Boac
Province	Lipa
See	Boac
Appointed	December 31, 2014
Installed	March 17, 2015
Predecessor	Reynaldo G. Evangelista
Orders
Ordination	March 13, 1995
Consecration	March 13, 2015 by Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales
Personal details
Birth name	Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit Jr.
Born	(1969-05-18) May 18, 1969 (age 52) Manila, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Priest of Lipa (1995-2013)
Education	St. Francis de Sales Regional College Seminary, Lipa City St. Alphonsus School of Theology, Lucena City
Motto	"Fiat Mihi Secundum Verbum Tuum" (Be it done unto me according to thy word)
Coat of arms

Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit Jr. was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boac by Pope Francis on December 31, 2014. He replaced Bishop Reynaldo G. Evangelista after he was installed as the Bishop of Imus in April 2013. He was ordained by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales on March 13, 2015 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian Lipa City, and installed as the fourth Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015.

Education[]

• 1976-1979: Elementary - (Primary) Canossa Academy
• 1979-1981: Elementary - (Intermmediate) De la Salle — Lipa City
• 1981-1985: High School — St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary, Lipa City
• 1985-1989: Philosophy — St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary, Marawoy Lipa City
• 1989-1994: Sacred Theology — Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
• 1999-2003: Post Graduate Studies — Studies Licentiate and Doctorate courses in Ecclesiastical History — Pontificia, Universita Santa Croce, Rome, Italy

Ordinations[]

Maralit was eventually appointed as the Bishop of Boac on December 31, 2014. On March 13, 2015 at the San Sebastian Cathedral in Lipa City he was ordained as bishop by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, the Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, which coincided with his 20th Sacerdotal Anniversary. He was installed at Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015.^[1]

Styles of Marcelino Antonio M. Maralit Jr.
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Bishop of Boac[]

Maralit was installed as the fourth Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015. The installation mass was led by Archbishop Ramon Arguelles Lipa Archbishop at the Boac Cathedral. Manila Archbishop-Emeritus Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales along with the bishops and Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, witnessed the installation.

Ministries as a priest[]

• 1995-1996 - Parochial Vicar at the Parish of the Immaculate Conception, Bauan, Batangas
• 1995-1999 - Professor at St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa City
• 1996-1998 – Assistant Director of the Archdiocesan Commission on Vocation
• 1998-1999 – Director of the Archdiocesan Commission on Vocation
• 2003-2009 – Professor/Priest/Formator/Vice-Rector/Dean of Studies at St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa City
• 2006 up to present – Chairman of the Construction Committee of St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary
• 2009-2013 – Rector, St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary
• 2011-2013 – Parochial Vicar at the Parish of Sto. Niño, Marawoy, Lipa City
• 2013 up to present – Parish Priest of the Parish of Invencion de la Santa Cruz, Alitagtag, Batangas/Appointed Member of the Presbyteral Council
• 31 December 2014 - Elected 4th Bishop of the Diocese of Boac

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