Luis Antonio Tagle
Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-) · Philippines · Religious Figures
Why now
Became Dean of the College of Cardinals, 8 October.
27 times the usual readers on 9 October. 15,710 readers on 9 October, against about 579 a day before the rise.
A Filipino cardinal called "the Asian Francis" who moved from Manila's archdiocese to Rome's evangelization machinery, now fielded as a possible pope whenever the next conclave comes.
A life in dates
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Luis Antonio Tagle in 2016
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Card. Luis Antonio Tagle (2016; cropped)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Senator Risa Hontiveros
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle Sambuhay 2019In their own words 5
, God who comes to us. We will never be alone. Emmanuel: God with us.
Me, the future Pope? That's a joke by journalists.
Father Kroeger mentioned you both loved music. Could you tell us a little story about what happened during those years you were studying together?
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About this person
Luis Antonio Tagle was born June 21, 1957, and rose through the Philippine church as bishop of Imus starting in 2001, then as Manila's 32nd archbishop from 2011 to 2020. In December 2019 he was pulled to Rome to lead a section of the Dicastery for Evangelization, the Vatican office that oversees mission territories and new churches. He became cardinal bishop of Albano and took on a stack of curial roles: president of the Catholic Biblical Federation, grand chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, and seats on multiple commissions. Known by the nickname Chito, he's seen as a voice for the church's progressive wing and was named a papabile - a plausible pope - for the conclaves of 2013 and 2025.
In common with Luis
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