The Most Reverend Romulo Geolina Valles, D.D.

Doctor of Divinity

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 (born July 10, 1951) is the current Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zamboanga in the City of Zamboanga

Zamboanga Peninsula

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, on the island of Mindanao

Mindanao

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, Philippines

Philippines

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Biography

He was ordained a priest on 6 April 1976 at the age of 24. On 6 August 1997, aged 46, he was elevated to a bishop, and appointed to Kidapawan, Philippines. After 9 years, he was elevated to Archbishop of Zamboanga on 13 November 2006.