Province of the Philippines Re-elects its Prior Provincial
On 16 January 2025, the Capitulars of the 13th Provincial Chapter of the Province of Philippines reelected Brother Filemon I. dela Cruz Jr., OP, as Prior Provincial for a second term.
With the chapter taking place in the satellite campus of the University of Santo Tomas in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Brother Filemon received confirmation of the election from the Master of the Order, Br. Gerard Timoner III, OP, and subsequently accepted the office on the same day.
Born on 19 January 1964 in Manila, Brother Filemon is the fourth child of Filemon and Cezarina dela Cruz. He made his first profession in the Order on 11 May 1984, and was ordained to the priesthood on 30 April 1992.
He was Master of Students from 1992 to 1996, Master of Novices from 1996 to 2000, administrator at the University of Santo Tomas Manila from 2001 to 2017, and Superior of the Dominican community of the Rumah Santo Tomas in Surabaya, Indonesia, from 2017 to 2020.
He also served as Provincial Promoter of the Dominican Priestly Fraternities from 2012 to 2014, Provincial Councilor from 2012 to 2016, and Socius of the Prior Provincial from 2014 to 2016.
His first term as Prior Provincial from 2021 to 2025 was marked by the challenging work of guiding and journeying with the brothers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. As Br. Filemon begins his ministry in this Jubilee Year of Hope, we pray for him as he accompanies the Province for the next four years.
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