Jose Advincula

José Lázaro Fuerte Advíncula Jr. OP (born March 30, 1952) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church and a professed member of the Dominican Order, who became 33rd Archbishop of Manila on June 24, 2021.

In 1995, he became rector of St. Pius X Seminary of Cápiz; he also held positions in the administration of the archdiocese as defender of the bond, promoter of justice, and judicial vicar.

[3] Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of San Carlos in Negros on July 25, 2001,[4] and he received his episcopal consecration on September 8, 2001.

[9] In lieu of the November 2020 consistory, Advincula received his 'red hat' (biretta) and ring from Charles John Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, on June 18, 2021, at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Roxas City.

[10][11] On March 3, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Baguio Bishop Victor Barnuevo Bendico (also his former vicar general) to succeed Advincula as Archbishop of Capiz.

On January 15, 2021, all eight bishops in the ecclesiastical provinces of Capiz and Jaro (Cardinal Advincula of Capiz, Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo of Jaro, Bishops Jose Corazon Tala-oc of Kalibo, Narciso Abellana of Romblon, Marvyn Maceda of San Jose de Antique, Patricio Buzon of Bacolod, Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, and Louie Galbines of Kabankalan) issued a joint pastoral letter[12] calling for an investigation to the joint military and police operation in the towns of Tapaz in Capiz and Calinog in Iloilo on December 30, 2020, that killed nine leaders of the Tumandok indigenous people's group that opposes the Jalaur mega dam project.

[13] However, the task force to end local communist armed conflict in Western Visayas region believe that the bishops have been misinformed and were prone to commit errors.

Past archbishops (Rufino Santos, Jaime Sin, Gaudencio Rosales, and Luis Antonio Tagle) were made cardinals after their installation.

[23] Following the passage of the Absolute Divorce Law in May 2024, Advincula viewed the bill as a challenge for the Catholic Church in its ministry on the importance of the Sacrament of Matrimony.

Advincula delivering the homily at Pinaglabanan Church in San Juan on June 24, 2024.