Reynaldo G Evangelista

Biography

Bishop Evangelista was born on May 8, 1960 in Brgy. San Jose in Mabini, Batangas province. His father, Benjamin C. Evangelista, of Brgy. San Jose, and his mother, Rufina G. Gonda, of Brgy. Talaga, both originated from Mabini, Batangas. Reynaldo is the fifth among the nine siblings: his only brother Antonio, and his seven sisters Teresita (Roga), Melba (del Espiritu Santo), Evelyn (Llanes), Gloria (Sanchez), Rosita (Atienza), Cecilia (Ferrer) and Lea (Aspi). His father died on January 18, 1983.

Education

The young Reynaldo attended primary school in 1967 at the Anilao Elementary School in Anilao, Batangas. He attended intermediate school in 1970 at the Mabini Central Elementary School. He went on to continue his high school education at the St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary in Lipa City.

After high school, Reynaldo entered the seminary in 1977 majoring in Philosophy at the St. Francis de Sales Regional College Seminary in Brgy. Marawoy, Lipa City. He majored in Theology in 1981 at the St. Alphonsus School of Theology in Lucena City in Quezon province. After his ordination in 1986, he took Pastoral Counseling in 1987 at the Summer Institute of the Ateneo de Manila University. He traveled in 1998 to Rome, Italy, to attend the Course on Seminary Formation at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Holy Orders

Bishop Evangelista was ordained a deacon on February 26, 1986 at the Carmel of St. Joseph Monastery in Lucena City by the Most Rev. Ruben T. Profugo, D.D., Bishop of Lucena. He was ordained a priest on June 19, 1986 at the San Sebastian Cathedral in Lipa City by the Most Rev. Mariano G. Gaviola, D.D., Archbishop of Lipa.

Father Evangelista was appointed Bishop of Boac on December 11, 2004. On January 26, 2005, at the San Sebastian Cathedral in Lipa City, he was consecrated bishop by the Most Rev. Antonio Franco, D.D., the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. He was installed on February 22, 2005.

Bishop of Imus

Evangelista was installed as the fifth Bishop of Imus on June 5, 2013. The installation mass was led by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, at the Imus Cathedral. Present Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Evangelista's predecessor, along with Manila Archbishop-Emeritus Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales and Cebu Archbishop-Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, witnessed the installation.

Ministries as a priest

1986-1995 – Professor at the St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary in Lipa City

1986-1987 – Assistant Prefect of Discipline, St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary, Lipa City

1987-1990 – Assistant Spiritual Director, St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary, Lipa City

1987-1993 – Moderator, Association of Lipa Archdiocesan Seminarians

1988-1990 – Assistant Director, Archdiocesan Youth Commission

1990-1991 – Vice Rector, St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary, Lipa City

1991-1995 – Rector, St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary, Lipa City

1991-1995 – Ex Officio Member, Archdiocesan Council of Priests (Presbyteral Council)

1992-1997 – Member, Archdiocesan Board of Consultors

1994-2000 – Ordinary Confessor, Missionary Catechists of the Sacred Heart (MCSH), Sabang, Lipa City

1995-2000 – Rector of St. Francis de Sales Regional College Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa City

1995-2000 – Ex Officio Member – Archdiocesan Council of Priests (Presbyteral Council)

1997 – Member, Commission on Clergy, Archdiocese of Lipa

1998 – Board Member – Kapisanan ni San Francisco de Sales

1999 – Director – Kapisanan ni San Francisco de Sales

2000-2004 – Parish Priest, San Guillermo Parish, Talisay, Batangas

2000-2004 – Director and Chaplain, San Guillermo Academy, Talisay, Batangas

2001-2003 – Elected Member of the Archdiocesan Council of Priests, Archdiocese of Lipa

2004 – Rector of St. Francis de Sales Regional College Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa City

2004 – Chairman of the Commission on Clergy, Archdiocese of Lipa

2004 – Elected Member of the Archdiocesan Council of Priests, Archdiocese of Lipa

Ministries as bishop

2005–present – Member of the Board of Trustees of St. Alphonsus Regional Seminary, Lucena City

2005–present – Honorary chairman of the Marinduque Council For Environmental Concerns (MACEC)

2005-2009 – Member of the Office on Women, Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

2005–present – Member of the Episcopal Commission on Seminaries, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

2009–present – Member of the Board of Directors of the Dechant Foundation in Dodge City, Kansas, U.S.A.

2009-2011 – Member of the Episcopal Commission on Clergy, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

2009–present – President of Commission on Vocations, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

2011–present – Member of the Permanent Council, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

2012–present – Member, Board of Trustees, Pondo ng Pinoy Community Foundation, Inc.