Marcelino Antonio Maralit

Marcelino Antonio "Junie" Malabanan Maralit, Jr. (born May 18, 1969) is a Filipino prelate who currently serves as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo since November 21, 2024.

He furthered his education with postgraduate studies, focusing on Licentiate and Doctorate courses in Ecclesiastical History at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy, from 1999 to 2003.

[2] He first served as parochial vicar of the Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Bauan, Batangas from 1995 to 1996 and concurrently as a professor at St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary in Lipa until 1999.

From 2003 to 2009, he served as a professor, priest, formator, vice chancellor, and Dean of Studies at St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary, where he also chaired the Construction Committee from 2006 onwards.

[2] On September 21, 2024, Pope Francis appointed him as the fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo, succeeding Buenaventura Famadico, who resigned exactly a year prior due to health reasons.