His Excellency, Most Rev. Rex Andrew C. Alarcon, D.D. currently the Bishop of Daet, will be installed on May 2, 2024 as Archbishop of Caceres.

Alarcon’s appointment was made public on February 22 at 12:00 noon (7:00 PM Philippine time) at the Vatican. He is the Fifth Archbishop of Caceres and succeeds Archbishop Emeritus Tirona who has served Caceres since November 2012. His installation as Archbishop of Caceres and Canonical Possession will be on May 2 at 9:00 in the morning at St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish, Naga City.

Bishop Alarcon was born on August 6, 1970 in Daet, Camarines Norte. He finished his elementary at Naga Parochial School. He attended High School and College education at the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary. He obtained his Bachelor in Sacred Theology, Licentiate and Master in Theology at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila and Licentiate in Church History at the Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained on November 9, 1996 at the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Penafrancia, Naga City.

Caceres Archbishop-designate Alarcon was ordained bishop on March 19, 2019 at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, Naga City for the Diocese of Daet.

Ref: Alarcon to be installed as Caceres Archbishop on May 2 (archdioceseofcaceres.org)

Also read: On Canonical Possession (archdioceseofcaceres.org)