Elected 17 February 2015 Occupation Apostolic Nuncio Ordination March 19, 1972 Predecessor Paul Gallagher | Nationality Filipino Role Religious Leader Successor Incumbent Name Adolfo Yllana Consecration December 13, 2001 | |
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Other posts Titular Archbishop of Montecorvino(2001-)
Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of Congo (2010-2015)
Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan (2006–2010)
Apostolic Nuncio to the Solomon Islands (2002–2006)
Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea (2001–2002) Born 6 February 1948 (age 76)
Naga City, Philippines ( 1948-02-06 ) | ||
Denomination Roman Catholic Church | ||
Homily by apostolic nuncio archbishop adolfo tito yllana 9 august 2015
Adolfo Tito Yllana (born 6 February 1948, Naga City, Philippines) is a Roman Catholic archbishop and the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia. He undertook religious studies from the Holy Rosary Seminary also in the same city. On 19 March 1972 he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Caceres. He went on to obtain a Doctor of Both Laws from the Lateran University in Rome and began his diplomatic career after finishing his studies at the Academia Ecclesiastica, the premier academy for the diplomatic corps in the Vatican. His first diplomatic posts were in Ghana, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Lebanon, Hungary and Taiwan.
On 13 December 2001 he was appointed titular archbishop of Montecorvino and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea. He was consecrated by Pope John Paul II on 6 January 2002 in St Peter's Basilica.
The Coat-of-Arms of Archbishop Yllana was designed by Cardinal Andrea de Montezemolo. The colors in the four parts indicate the faith (blue) as the beginning of grace coming from God and pervades everything, to which the human will responds to (silver) in the practice of the virtues.
He was appointed apostolic nuncio to Pakistan on 31 March 2006. In November 2007, Archbishop Yllana joined in the celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore with a special message from Pope Benedict XVI to the local congregation.
On 21 September 2009, Archbishop Yllana presided at the ordination in St. Joseph's Cathedral, of the new coadjutor bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Bishop Rufin Anthony. More than 1,500 people attended the event.
On 17 April 2010 the diocese of Faisalabad organized a special ceremony to celebrate its golden jubilee. Archbishop Yllana, Bishop Joseph Coutts (Faisalabad), Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha (Lahore), and Bishop Andrew Francis (Multan) spoke on the occasion. At the jubilee mass at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul attended by about 5,000 Catholics from 21 parishes, Archbishop Yllana said that the Vatican was happy to see the number of priestly and religious vocations in the diocese.
On 20 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Yllana as the Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa. On 17 February 2015, Pope Francis appointed Yllana as the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia.