User:Uamaol/Gerard Francisco Timoner III

Gerard Francisco Timoner III OP LST (born 30 October 1956) is an Philippine priest and 88th Master of the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans, since 13 July 2019, and therefore ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the first Asian to hold the position.

He is also a Professor of Theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and in 2014 was appointed a Member of the International Theological Commission by Pope Francis.

In December 2018, he co-lead a delegation of priests to Rome in search of the remains of Jorge Barlin, the first Philippine-born Catholic prelate, who served as the Bishop of Nueva Caceres until his death in the city in 1909.

Biography
Timoner was born in Daet, Camarines Norte in 1968.