Luis Antonio Tagle

ABOUT LUIS ANTONIO TAGLE

Roman Catholic Filipino Cardinal who was installed as the Archbishop of Manila in 2011. In 2022, he was appointed Pro-Prefect for the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

He earned a Bachelor's degree in Pre-Divinity from Ateneo De Manila University in 1977.

He is only the seventh Filipino to be made a cardinal by the Catholic Church and was brought to tears upon his appointment.

His family was a part of the Filipino Principalía, the country's lowland, Hispanic colonized aristocracy.

He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.