ROXAS City – Before transferring to the Archdiocese of Manila, Cardinal Jose Advincula of the Archdiocese of Roxas will formally receive his red hat and ring of office as new cardinal here today.
In October 2020, Pope Francis announced the appointment of Advincula as among the 12 new cardinals in the Catholic Church.
Advincula was elevated at a consistory on Nov. 28, 2020 where he we was supposed to receive his red hat and ring from Pope Francis himself at the Vatican. However, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic travel restrictions, Advincula failed to fly to Rome.
Today’s red hat ceremony at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral will have a limited congregation.
Papal nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown will lead the ceremony at 3:30 p.m.
Originally set on May 28, the bestowal of the insignia was initially moved to June 8 because Archbishop Brown had to undergo 14-day quarantine after a US trip.
On June 5, the Capiz archdiocese postponed the event again due to the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the city.
Today will be Cardinal Advincula’s last big event in the Archdiocese of Roxas which he served for the last nine years.
Cardinal Advincula will be installed as the 33rd Archbishop of Manila on June 24.
He is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. He received the second dose of the vaccine last month.
In a social media post, the Manila archdiocese said the 69-year-old cardinal also encouraged the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19. (cpcpnews.net)
