Oscar Cruz

History
History
Priestly ordination
Date	February 10, 1962
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Bruno Torpigliani
Co-consecrators	Jaime Lachica Sin; Artemio Gabriel Casas
Date	May 3, 1976
Place	Manila Cathedral

The Most Reverend

Oscar Valero Cruz

D.D., J.C.D.
The Most Reverend; Oscar Valero Cruz; D.D., J.C.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen–Dagupan
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Lingayen–Dagupan
Appointed	July 15, 1991
Retired	September 8, 2009
Predecessor	Federico Guba Limon
Successor	Socrates B. Villegas
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Martirano (1976‍–‍1978); Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (1976‍–‍1978); Archbishop of San Fernando (1978‍–‍1988);
Personal details
Born	November 17, 1934; Balanga, Bataan, Philippine Islands
Died	August 26, 2020 (aged 85); San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Buried	Santuario de San Juan Evangelista, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines
Education	University of Santo Tomas; Lateran University;
Motto	Iustitia Custodit Innocentis Viam; (Latin for 'Justice guards the way of the innocent'; Proverbs 13:16)
Coat of arms
Ordination history
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	February 10, 1962
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Bruno Torpigliani
Co-consecrators	Jaime Lachica Sin; Artemio Gabriel Casas
Date	May 3, 1976
Place	Manila Cathedral
	Source(s):Catholic-Hierarchy.org

Oscar Valero Cruz (November 17, 1934 – August 26, 2020) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. He was the Archbishop of Lingayen–Dagupan in Pangasinan, Philippines, from 1991 until his retirement in 2009.