Tagbilaran Diocese Website

Most Reverend

+LEOPOLDO TUMULAK Y SUMAYLO

Military Ordinariate

ARMED OF THE PHILIPPINES

Office of the Bishop

AFP Ecumenical Building

Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo

1110 Quezon City

Tel. / Fax No.: 911-5666 / 911-6651 /

911-4044

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St. Joseph Parish

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PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 29 November 1944

Place of Birth: Santander, Cebu

Sacerdotal Ordination: 30 March 1972, Metropolitan Cathedral of Cebu

Episcopal Ordination: 16 March 1987, Metropolitan Cathedral of Cebu

EDUCATION

Elementary: Santander Elementar School, Santander Cebu

High School: Seminario Menor de San Carlos, Cebu City

College: Seminario Mayor de San Carlos, Cebu City

Philosophy: Seminario Mayor de San Carlos, Cebu City

Theology: Seminario Mayor de San Carlos, Cebu City

Graduate Studies: M.A. in Educational Administration

Collegio de San Jose Recoletos

Further Studies

Special Studies

MINISTRY

Assignments / Assistant Parish Priest

Appointments Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

1972-1973

Dean of Students and Treasurer

Pope John XXIII Minor Seminary, Cebu City

1973-1978

Rector-Principal

Pope John XXIII Minor Seminary

1978-1986

Jesu-Carita Philippine Responsive

1980-1983

Honorary Prelate, Archdiocese of Cebu

1983

Chairman

Justice and Peace Commission – Cebu

1982-1984

Spiritual Director

Spiritual Pastoral Formation Year, Cebu

1983-1985

Cebu Diocesan Consultor

1982-1993

Chairman

Commission on Formation – IV Diocesan Synod of Cebu

1985-1993

Member

Crisis Assistance Team

1986-1993

Chairman

Archdiocesan Commission on Seminaries

1986-1993

Member of the Board

Pagtambayayong Foundation Inc., Archdiocese of Cebu

Parish Priest

San Nicolas Parish, Cebu

1986-1993

Vice President

Seminario Mayor de San Carlos Alumni Association

1987 –

Auxuliary Bishop of Cebu

1987-1993

Team Priest

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

1981-1986

Coordinator

Directors of Vocations in the Philippines

1980-1985

Member

Cebu Archdiocesan Priests Senate

1980-1986

5^th Bishop of Tagbilaran

1993-2005

Visayas Representative

CBCP Episcopal Commission on Social Action

1995 –

Member

CBCP Permanent Council

1995 – present

Regional Chairman for Visayas

CBCP Regional Episcopal Commission on Social Action

1995 – present

Member

CBCP Episcopal Commission on Youth

1997 –

Chair

CBCP Permanent Committee for the

Cultural Heritage of the Church

1996 – present

President-Chair

Bohol Heritage Development Foundation, Inc.

1994 – present

Chair

Local Peace Forum, Bohol Province

2000-2001

Chair

Multi-Sectoral Forest Protection Committee, DENR, Bohol

1994 – present

Consultor

Pontifical Commission for the

Cultural Heritage of the Church, Vatican City

2000 – present

Honorary Co-chair

Bohol Arts & Cultural Heritage Council

2001 – present

Apostolic Administrator of Tagbilaran

08 March 2005 – present

Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines

08 March 2005 – present

OTHERS

Articles and Speeches Published

Awards and Citations

Congress/Conferences Attended

Honorary Degrees

Coat of Arms of Bishop Tumulak

Mallet, Lily, Square: St. Joseph the Carpenter Patron of the Diocese of Tagbilaran Blood Compact & Chocolate Hills: Bohol

Flower, Lion, Fish: Santan flower for Santander Lion for “Leo”poldo, Fish for fishing as the common means of living in Santander Heart inside a White Circle: Unitas in Caritate Letter “M” Mary

Motto: “Unitas in Caritate”