Martin Sarmiento Jumoad
Martin Sarmiento Jumoad was born November 11, 1956, in Kinasang-an, Pardo, Cebu City. He was ordained a priest on April 7, 1983. His episcopal motto is Fides et Spes (“Faith and Hope”).
He served in the Prelature of Isabela (Basilan) as assistant pastor at Isabela Cathedral (1983–1986), pastor at St. Anthony, Lamitan (1986–1989), assistant and dean of Remase seminarians in Davao (1990–1992), pastor at St. Peter, Lamitan (1992–1994), chancellor of the prelature (1998–2001), director of Claret College of Isabela (1999–2001), and administrator of the prelature (2001).
He was appointed Bishop-Prelate of Isabela on November 21, 2001, consecrated on January 10, 2002, and installed on January 12, 2002. He was appointed Bishop of Ozamis on October 4, 2016, and took possession on November 30, 2016. He served as Apostolic Administrator of Pagadian (January 2024–August 2025).
- 2025-09-05Pastoral letter on the celebration of Mass by a group affiliated with the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) at St. Michael Parish, Tangub City: Masses celebrated by SSPX priests without diocesan faculties are illicit, and the faithful were forbidden to participate in them; for those drawn to the traditional liturgy, the Extraordinary Form is legitimately offered with proper faculties. Posted September 7, 2025, as post images (letter dated September 5, 2025); no diocesan venue, named celebrant, or frequency provision for a 1962 Missal Mass was identified in the visible text. A commenter's clarification that the group is the MCSPX, not the FSSPX, is not the archbishop's text and is not adopted. ↗
No diocesan 1962 Missal permission, restriction, venue, or frequency act by Archbishop Jumoad, in Isabela, in Ozamis, or as administrator of Pagadian, was found. A September 5, 2025 pastoral letter on SSPX Masses in Ozamis is recorded as an action in the Ozamis tenure; it does not by itself establish a diocesan 1962 Missal posture, so posture remains no_record pending audit. Each tenure is coded separately.
The Ozamis possession date (November 30, 2016) rests on the CBCP profile, which states the appointment and the installation in one sentence; the Vatican Radio URL carries only the appointment (October 4, 2016) and is not cited for the possession. The see is spelled 'Ozamis' per the roster; the city is 'Ozamiz.' The Pagadian administration is ended at the successor's possession (August 13, 2025), per the normal administrator convention, not at the April 2, 2025, appointment-date variant in tier-3 tables.