Dennis Villarojo


Dennis Villarojo

Bishop of Malolos
Villarojo installation as bishop in 2019
Church
DioceseMalolos
AppointedMay 14, 2019
InstalledAugust 21, 2019
PredecessorJose F. Oliveros
SuccessorIncumbent
Previous post(s)
Personal details
Born
Dennis Cabanada Villarojo

(1967-04-18) April 18, 1967
Cebu City, Philippines
Education
MottoConsolamini Populi Meus
(Latin for 'Be consoled my people'Isaiah 40:1)
Signature
Ordination history
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained byJaime Lachica Sin
Date1993
PlaceManila
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJaime Lachica Sin
Date10 June 1994
PlaceOur Lady of Guadalupe, Shrine, Cebu City
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJose Serofia Palma
Co-consecrators
Date10 August 2015
PlaceCathedral, Cebu City
Source(s):Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Styles of
Dennis C. Villarojo
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Dennis Cabanada Villarojo (born April 18, 1967) is a Filipino catholic prelate currently serving as the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos in the Philippines. Prior to his current role, Villarojo served as an auxiliary bishop of Cebu from 2015 until he took office as Bishop of Malolos on his installation in August 21, 2019. He was the secretary-general for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress which took place in Cebu in 2016.

He holds a licentiate in philosophy from the University of Santo Tomas and a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.

Villarojo is also the current Regional Representative of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines for southwest Luzon, and is a member of the CBCP Office on the Protection of Minors.