Marcelino Antonio Maralit

Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit Jr. (born May 18, 1969) is a Filipino prelate who currently serves as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boac, having been appointed by Pope Francis on December 31, 2014. He succeeded Bishop Reynaldo G. Evangelista, who was installed as the Bishop of Imus in April 2013. He was ordained by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales on March 13, 2015 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian in Lipa City and was installed as the fourth Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015.

Education

 * 1976-1979: Elementary - (Primary) Canossa Academy
 * 1979-1981: Elementary - (Intermediate) De La Salle Lipa
 * 1981-1985: High School — St. Francis de Sales Minor Seminary, Lipa
 * 1985-1989: Philosophy — St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa
 * 1989-1994: Sacred Theology — Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
 * 1999-2003: Post Graduate Studies — Studies Licentiate and Doctorate courses in Ecclesiastical History — Pontificia, Universita Santa Croce, Rome, Italy

Ordinations
Maralit was eventually appointed as the Bishop of Boac on December 31, 2014. On March 13, 2015, at the San Sebastian Cathedral in Lipa, he was ordained as bishop by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, the Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, which coincided with his 20th Sacerdotal Anniversary. He was installed at Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015.

Bishop of Boac
Maralit was installed as the fourth Bishop of Boac on March 17, 2015. The installation mass was led by Archbishop Ramon Arguelles Lipa Archbishop at the Boac Cathedral. Manila Archbishop-Emeritus Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales along with the bishops and Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, witnessed the installation.

Ministries as a priest

 * 1995-1996 - Parochial Vicar at the Parish of the Immaculate Conception, Bauan, Batangas
 * 1995-1999 - Professor at St. Francis de Sales Major Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa
 * 1996-1998 – Assistant Director of the Archdiocesan Commission on Vocation
 * 1998-1999 – Director of the Archdiocesan Commission on Vocation
 * 2003-2009 – Professor/Priest/Formator/Vice-Rector/Dean of Studies at St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary, Marawoy, Lipa City
 * 2006 up to present – Chairman of the Construction Committee of St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary
 * 2009-2013 – Rector, St. Francis de Sales Theological Seminary
 * 2011-2013 – Parochial Vicar at the Parish of Sto. Niño, Marawoy, Lipa
 * 2013-2014 – Parish Priest of the Parish of Invencion de la Santa Cruz, Alitagtag, Batangas/Appointed Member of the Presbyteral Council
 * 31 December 2014 - Elected 4th Bishop of the Diocese of Boac