Florentino Lavarias
{{short description|Filipino Catholic prelate (born 1957)}}
{{Philippine name|Galang|Lavarias}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Florentino Lavarias
| honorific-suffix = D.D.
| title = {{br list
| Metropolitan Archbishop of San Fernando
}}
| image = JfLavarias0321Cathedralfvf 02.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Archbishop Lavarias during the Rite of Canonical Possession at the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando.
| church = Catholic
| archdiocese = San Fernando
| appointed = July 25, 2014
| enthroned = October 27, 2014
| predecessor = Paciano Aniceto
| successor =
| ordination = 25 September 1985
| ordained_by = Oscar Cruz
| consecration = 12 August 2004
| other_post =
| consecrated_by = Antonio Franco
| rank =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|3|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines
| death_date =
| death_place =
| religion =
| education = {{Ubl | Holy Angel University | San Carlos Seminary}}
| signature =
| coat_of_arms = Coat of Arms of Florentino Lavarias.svg
| motto = {{Langnf|la|Voluntas Tua Delectatio Mea|Your Will is My Delight|break=yes|paren=left}} – {{nowrap|{{Bibleverse|Psalms|40:8}}}})
| previous_post = Bishop of Iba (2004{{nbnd}}2014)
Apostolic Administrator of Balanga (2023{{nbnd}}2025)
}}
{{Infobox bishop styles
| bishop name = Florentino G. Lavarias
| dipstyle = The Most Reverend
| offstyle = Your Excellency
| relstyle = Archbishop
| deathstyle =
| image = Coat of Arms of Florentino Lavarias.svg
| image_size = 200px
}}
Florentino "Dong" Galang Lavarias is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic church. He is the fourth and current archbishop of San Fernando. He succeeded Paciano Aniceto as the Archbishop of San Fernando. Prior to his installation, he previously served as fourth bishop of Iba in Zambales from September 1, 2004 to October 27, 2014.
Biography
Lavarias was born on March 14, 1957, in Santa Ines, Mabalacat. He graduated in college at the Holy Angel University in 1978 before entering the San Carlos Seminary. He was ordained a priest on September 26, 1985, at the Our Lady of Grace Parish. He served various parishes under the Archdiocese of San Fernando. He was appointed bishop of Iba. He was consecrated on August 12, 2004, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando. His consecrator was then the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Antonio Franco, while his co-consecrators were Paciano Aniceto and Gaudencio Rosales .{{cite web|url=http://www.cbcponline.net/bishops/bishops/lavarias.html|title=MOST REV. FLORENTINO G. LAVARIAS, D.D.}}
On October 27, 2014, Lavarias succeeded Paciano Aniceto as the latter resigned as Archbishop of San Fernando, Pampanga due to the age limit after being appointed by Pope Francis three months earlier on July 25, 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=38830|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728041341/http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=38830|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 28, 2014|title=New San Fernando archbishop, Dipolog bishop named|author=Melo M. Acuna|date=July 25, 2014|work=CBCP News}}
Due to the departure of Ruperto Santos to become fifth Bishop of Antipolo covering Marikina in Metro Manila and the province of Rizal on July 22, 2023 which ended his term as fourth bishop of Balanga, Lavarias was appointed by Pope Francis as sede vacante apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Balanga where he currently holds the position while awaiting for the installation of Santos' successor as the diocese's fifth bishop. His term has been ended when Rufino Sescon was installed as Bishop of Balanga last March 1, 2025.
References
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External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blavar.html Archbishop Florentino Galang Lavarias] at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zfer0.htm?focus=3197&tab=bishops Archbishop Florentino Galang Lavarias] at [http://www.gcatholic.org/ GCatholic.org]
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{{Philippine Roman Catholic Archbishops|state=collapsed}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga}}
{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando}}
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Category:21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Philippines
Category:People from Mabalacat
Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of San Fernando
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II
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