Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Raul Martirez | |
Bishop Of: | Bishop Emeritus of San Jose de Antique |
See: | San Jose de Antique |
Enthroned: | January 5, 1983 |
Ended: | March 16, 2002 |
Predecessor: | Cornelius de Wit |
Successor: | Romulo Tolentino de la Cruz |
Ordination: | 18 March 1961 |
Consecration: | 24 March 1983 |
Consecrated By: | Bruno Torpigliani |
Birth Name: | Raul José Quimpo Martirez |
Birth Date: | 9 February 1938 |
Birth Place: | New Washington, Aklan, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
Death Place: | Pasig, Philippines |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Motto: | TESTIFICOR |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Raul José Quimpo Martirez.svg |
Raul José Martirez |
Raul José Quimpo Martirez (February 9, 1938 – September 2, 2024) was a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of San Jose de Antique from 1983 to 2002.[1] [2]
He was ordained a priest in 1961 and became a bishop in 1983. After his term in Antique, he became resident bishop of Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows in Quezon City.
Martirez died from a stroke in Pasig, on September 2, 2024, at the age of 86.[1] [3]