Jose Rapadas III

Jose Ramirez Rapadas III (born July 12, 1972) is a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

He attended St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro, and was ordained a priest in 1999.

Prior to his appointment as bishop of Iligan, he served as vicar general of the diocese of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay.

[3] Pope Francis appointed Rapadas to be the 5th Bishop of Iligan on June 13, 2019, nearly two years after the passing of then-Bishop Elenito Galido in 2017.

[4] He took over from Bishop Severo Caermare of the diocese of Dipolog whom Pope Francis had assigned to administer the parish during its sede vacante period.