Alfredo Obviar
| Alfredo Ma. Obviar | |
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| Bishop of Lucena, Founder of the Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus | |
| Born | 29 August 1889 Lipa, Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | 1 October 1978 Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Saint Ferdinand Cathedral, Lucena, Quezon, Philippines |
| Feast | 01 October |
Bishop Alfredo María Obviar (29 August 1889 – 1 October 1978) is a Filipino Servant of God venerated in the Catholic Church. His cause for beatification is currently underway; he was declared Servant of God on 6 March 2001 with saint protocol number 2398. He is the founder of Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus, and was Bishop of Lucena until his death.
Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda was born on 29 August 1889 in Mataás na Lupa, Lipa, Batangas to Telesforo Obviar and Florentina Catalina Aranda.
He received his early religious instruction at the College of St. Francis Xavier in Manila run by the Society of Jesus, where he graduated in 1901. He earned his degree in Bachelor of Arts at Ateneo de Manila in 1914, and proceeded to the University of Santo Tomas Pontifical Seminary for his theological studies.
Obviar received the sacerdotal ordination on 15 March 1919. His pastoral ministry began that same year at Luta (now Malvar, Batangas) and he continued as vicar of the cathedral-parish in Lipa from 1927 to 1944. In both parishes, he established Catechetical Centers in the población and the barrios. He was also Vicar General for the Diocese of Lipa, and was appointed as confessor and chaplain of the Carmelite Monastery of Lipa.
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