Gilbert Armea Garcera
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The Most Reverend Gilbert A. Garcera D.D. |
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| Metropolitan Archbishop of Lipa | |
| Archdiocese | Lipa |
| Appointed | February 2, 2017 |
| Installed | April 21, 2017 |
| Term ended | incumbent |
| Predecessor | Most Rev. Ramon Arguelles, D.D. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 29, 1983 |
| Consecration | June 29, 2007 by Most Rev. Leonardo Legaspi, O.P., D.D. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 2, 1959 Magarao, Camarines Sur |
| Nationality |
 Filipino
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Bishop of Daet (2007-2017) |
| Alma mater | Holy Rosary Major Seminary |
| Motto | "Ad Omnia Mittam Te" (To wherever I will send you, you will be going)" – Jeremiah 1:7 |
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Styles of Gilbert Armea Garcera |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | none |
Gilbert Armea Garcera (born February 2, 1959) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lipa in the Philippines. He was appointed to lead the Archdiocese by Pope Francis, succeeding Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, who earlier filed his resignation prior to his mandatory retirement age. His previous assignment was the bishop of the Diocese of Daet in Camarines Norte.
Bp. Garcera was born in Magarao, Camarines Sur, to Celestino Borja Garcera and Nenita Romero Armea. He finished his elementary education in 1971 at Naga Parochial School, Naga City and his secondary education in 1975 at Holy Rosary Minor Seminary in Naga City. He continued his studies at Holy Rosary Minor Seminary where he completed Bachelor of Philosophy in 1979 and Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1983 at the Holy Rosary Major Seminary. The same year, on May 29, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Caceres.
He received his Master's Degree in Religious Studies from the Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, in 1992, with the thesis "A Proposed Basic Catechetical Formation Program for the Deaf."
In 2004, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Organization Development (OD) at the Southeast Asia Interdisciplinary Development Institute (SAIDI), Antipolo City, with his dissertation "An OD Intervention in Evolving the Desired Organizational Culture of the Episcopal Commissions of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)."
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