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Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao
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Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao

Bishop of Bayombong
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1960
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Consecrated Bishop
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The Life

Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao was born April 7, 1960, in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, in the Diocese of Cabanatuan. He studied philosophy and theology at San Carlos Seminary, Makati City, and was ordained a priest for Cabanatuan on October 15, 1985.

He served as spiritual director at the Maria Assumpta Seminary of Cabanatuan, as parish vicar at Saint Isidore the Worker, as seminary formator, as episcopal vicar for pastoral planning and pastor of Three Kings parish in Gapan, as vicar general and member of the college of consultors from 2006, as parish priest of the Cabanatuan Cathedral from 2008 to 2014, and as dean of the College of the Immaculate Conception in Cabanatuan City from 2014.

On May 31, 2016, he was elected Titular Bishop of Urusi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, receiving episcopal consecration on August 22, 2016. On May 24, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Bayombong, and he was installed on July 25, 2018, at the Cathedral of Saint Dominic in Bayombong.

Major Works & Initiatives
Opposition to mining in Nueva Vizcaya, 2021
Public support for the provincial government's decision to stop mining operations in Nueva Vizcaya, and for rejecting the renewal of OceanaGold Philippines' contract, citing destruction of farmlands, watersheds, and mountains.
CBCP Permanent Committee on Public Affairs
Vice president of the committee, as reported in 2021.
In His Own Words
The Old Mass, See by See
Bayombong2018-07-25 – presentNo act of his own
What he inheritedNo decree, permission, suppression, expansion, or transfer of the Traditional Latin Mass by Mangalinao in Bayombong was found in the searches listed. His public record in the window is the mining opposition in Nueva Vizcaya, not a liturgical act.
Since the SSPX decree of 2 July 2026: No statement recorded as of 2026-10-27.
Reviewed 2026-10-27Confidence: medium
Lingayen-Dagupan2016-08-22 – 2018-05-24auxiliary
Held before Traditionis Custodes; no record on the old Mass falls in this tenure.
Domus Dei’s Verdict
The Bishop & the Mass of Ages
No governing act of his own found

No decree, permission, suppression, expansion, or transfer of the Traditional Latin Mass by Bishop Mangalinao, in Lingayen-Dagupan or in Bayombong, was found in the searches listed.

His public record in the window is the mining opposition in Nueva Vizcaya, not a liturgical act; nothing found here is coded as a governing act on the 1962 Missal.

References & Further Reading
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Resignations and Appointments, 24 May 2018 — Holy See Press Office · press.vatican.va · 2018Appointment as Bishop of Bayombong, transferring from Urusi and the Lingayen-Dagupan auxiliary office; biography, election May 31, 2016, consecration August 22, 2016.
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Circular 2018-11: Bishop of Bayombong — Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan (Abp. Socrates Villegas) · files.ecatholic.com · 2018Ceased as auxiliary May 24, 2018; installation as Bishop of Bayombong July 25, 2018, 10:00 a.m., Cathedral of Saint Dominic, Bayombong.
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Bayombong bishop backs efforts to stop mining operations — LiCAS News Philippines · philippines.licas.news · 2021Support for the provincial stop-mining decision and for rejecting OceanaGold's contract renewal; vice president of the CBCP Permanent Committee on Public Affairs; verified mining quotation.
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