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Some Priests, 2022

This sample, taken from one diocese in the country, includes clergy of different ranks—deacons, parish priests, chaplains, monsignors, the archbishop himself, and even some who are retired. I separated the religious priests (those who belong to orders like the Dominicans) from the diocesan priests (who don't belong to orders). A few priests were not Filipino; I chose not to include them here.

The original list is publicly available on Scribd.

Diocesan Priests
Decade of Birth Name + Year of Birth
1930s
  • Abraham (1939)
1940s
  • Orlando (1941)
  • Roberto (1944)
  • Diosdado, Felipe, Jose (1945)
  • Immanuel (1947)
  • Camilo (1948)
  • Alberto, Arcadio, Jonathan (1949)
1950s
  • Jose (1951)
  • Jovino, Victor (1955)
  • Rene Delfin (1956)
  • Melquiades, Reynaldo (1957)
1960s
  • Rafael, Socrates (1960)
  • Leo, Oliver Joseph (1961)
  • Francisco Lucas (1962)
  • Mario (1963)
  • Carlito, Genaro, Raymundo (1964)
  • Emmanuel, Manuel (2x), Marcos Pablo, Wilfredo (1965)
  • Primo, Reynaldo (1966)
  • Anthony (1967)
  • Fidelis, Winston (1968)
  • Allan Morris (1969)
1970s
  • Alvin Gerald, Jaime Jr., Rafael (1970)
  • Allen, Mario Dominic (1971)
  • Hernan (1972)
  • Jasper (1974)
  • Jeremias, Marlon (1975)
  • Antonio Ray, Rojohn (1976)
  • Jim (1977)
  • Fernan, Jake, Manuel Jr. (1978)
  • Arvin, Democrito, Reydentor (1979)
1980s
  • Eric (1980)
  • Dexter, Edilberto, Estephen Mark (1981)
  • Alfredo Jr. (1982)
  • Jonathan, Joseph (1983)
  • Jasper, Jeffrey, Kristoffer Allan, Matt Jason John (1984)
  • Christian Joy, Ranndolph (1985)
  • Don Dominique Marco Antonio, Roland Anthony, Ronaldo, Rowel Allan (1986)
  • Greg, Mark Jayson, Roy Joel (1987)
  • Danille Chad, Vishnu (1989)
1990s
  • Christopher Kenneth, Evandolph (1990)
  • Jezer Tristan, Nico Angelo, Voltaire Joseph (1992)
  • John Kennedy (1993)
  • Emil, Solomon Jr. (1994)
  • David Aris, Jan, Joselito Mari, Laurence Mark (1996)
  • Gerald, Jose Albert (1997)
  • Billy (1998)
Religious Priests
*Could be named after Romnick Sarmenta (actual first name: Romeo Nicolas), the actor. He first appeared in the telenovela Gulong ng Palad (1977—1985), and acted in six movies in 1988.
Decade of Birth Name + Year of Birth
1930s
  • Eduardo (1934)
1940s
  • Norberto (1943)
  • Enrico (1949)
1950s
  • Juan (1950)
  • Teodoro (1952)
  • Bienvenido Jr. (1953)
  • Samson (1954)
  • Rolando (1955)
  • Benito, Eugenio, Roberto (1956)
  • Reynaldo (1957)
1960s
  • Angelito, Jaime, Pablo Jr. (1960)
  • Jose (1961)
  • Lito (1963)
  • Dante, Ramon (1965)
  • Jesus, Stephen (1968)
1970s
  • Allan (1970)
  • Joseph (1971)
  • Charlton, Crisendo (1975)
  • Alvin (1976)
  • Rene (1977)
  • Gerbert (1978)
  • Norman, Romualdo Jr. (1979)
1980s
  • Del, Sir Michael (1980)
  • Bejay, Emmanuel (1981)
  • Ariel, Eliud Josaphat (1983)
  • Francis, Thomas Aquino (1984)
  • Martin (1987)
  • Excel, Giovanni, Romnick* (1988)
  • Glen Mar (1989)
1990s
  • Bryan (1990)