Alberto Uy is new Cebu archbishop

Archbishop-designate Alberto Uy of Cebu during Mass at St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Loboc, Bohol on July 4, 2025. ROY LAGARDE/CBCP NEWS

MANILA — Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Alberto Uy of Tagbilaran as the new archbishop of Cebu.

The Vatican made the announcement on Wednesday, July 16.

Uy will be the fifth archbishop of Cebu. He succeeds Archbishop Jose Palma, who turned 75 last March, the age at which bishops are required to submit their resignation to the pope.

Palma has served as Cebu archbishop for 14 years, after succeeding the late Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.

Meanwhile, Uy has been serving as archbishop of Tagbilaran for nine years, since his installation in 2016.

Ordained priest for the Diocese of Talibon in 1993, Uy earned his licentiate in sacred theology from the Loyola School of Theology in Quezon.

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He studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 2002 to 2006, earning a doctorate in sacred theology.

Known as the cradle of Christianity in the Philippines, the Archdiocese of Cebu is home to 4.7 million Catholics.