Gaudencio Rosales

Who is Gaudencio Rosales?

Gaudencio Borbon Rosales was a Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Manila, succeeding Jaime Sin in 2003, and followed by Luis Antonio Tagle in 2011. He was also Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Manila, de facto Primate of the Philippines, Archpriest of Manila Cathedral. He was the fourth native Filipino Archbishop of Manila, following centuries of Spanish and Irish-American episcopacy. During his last year as archbishop, he was concurrently named Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pasig from December 21, 2010 to April 20, 2011, a post he accepted after the resignation of Pasig's first bishop Francisco San Diego.