Romulo Valles

The Most Reverend Romulo Valles D.D.
Archbishop of Davao
See	Davao
Installed	February 11, 2012
Predecessor	Fernando Capalla
Successor	incumbent
Other posts	Archbishop of Zamboanga
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-10) July 10, 1951 Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino

Styles of Romulo Valles
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Romulo Geolina Valles, D.D. (born July 10, 1951) is the current Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Davao in the City of Davao, on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. He was the former Archbishop of Zamboanga before being appointed to the Davao see.

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. He was appointed Archbishop of Davao on February 12, 2012, Valles took over the Davao archdiocese from Archbishop Fernando Capalla, 77, whose resignation has been accepted by the pontiff. The new archbishop was installed in a solemn liturgical rite of reception in which he canonically took possession of the metropolitan cathedral church, the San Pedro Cathedral, on May 22, 2012, in the presence of Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, cardinals, other archbishops, bishops, priests, and laity from Davao City, and all over the country.

References

• Catholic Hierarchy Romulo Valles
• Archdiocese of Zamboanga
• CBCP Zamboanga

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Carmelo Morelos	Archbishop of Zamboanga 2006–2012	Succeeded by Romulo T. Dela Cruz
Preceded by Fernando Capalla	Archbishop of Davao 2012–present	Succeeded by Incumbent