Jose Romeo Lazo

Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo is a Filipino Catholic clergyman who is the thirteenth ordinary of the Archdiocese of Jaro,[1] and the sixth to have the title of archbishop.

He was born on January 23, 1949, in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique to Juan P. Lazo and Fausta Orquejo, both now deceased, and was baptized on February 13 of the same year at the St. Joseph Parish of the same town.

[4] Lazo was appointed rector of St. Peter's Seminary from 1983 to 1985, parish priest of Bugasong from 1985 to 1986, President of St. Anthony's College from 1986 to 1989, and Vicar General of the Diocese of Antique from 1987 to 1996.

[5] From 1996 to 1997, he spent a year of sabbatical leave doing post-graduate studies in pastoral theology in Berkeley, California, United States.

On February 14, 2018, Pope Francis appointed Lazo as the 6th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Jaro, taking possession of the see on April 17, 2018.