Gilbert Garcera
| Gilbert A. Garcera | |||||||||||||||||
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| Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa | |||||||||||||||||
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| Archdiocese | Lipa | ||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | February 2, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
| Installed | April 21, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Ramon Arguelles | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | May 29, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | June 29, 2007 by Leonardo Legaspi | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 2, 1959 Magarao, Camarines Sur, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Holy Rosary Major Seminary | ||||||||||||||||
| Motto | Ad Omnia Mittam Te ('To wherever I will send you, you will be going', Jeremiah 1:17) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency | ||||||||||||||||
| Religious style | Monsignor | ||||||||||||||||
Gilbert Armea Garcera (born February 2, 1959) is a Filipino Catholic prelate. He is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa since 2017, succeeding Ramon Arguelles, who earlier filed his resignation prior to his mandatory retirement age. His previous assignment was the bishop of the Diocese of Daet in Camarines Norte.