Fr. Paul Reagan Talavera, O.P. will be reinstalled as parish priest of the UST Santisimo Rosario Parish on Saturday, Aug. 6.
The solemn installation rites will be presided by Msgr. Jose Clemente Ignacio, vicar general and moderator curiae of the Archdiocese of Manila.
Talavera’s reinstallation will coincide with the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Talavera was first installed as the 15th parish priest of the Santisimo Rosario Parish on June 5, 2019.
He replaced Fr. Louie Coronel, O.P., who served the parish for three years and was appointed as regent of the College of Science in February 2019.
Talavera obtained his bachelor’s degree in theological studies at UST in 2007 and his master’s degree at De La Salle University in 2011.
In 2010, he became assistant treasurer of Santo Domingo Parish in Quezon City.
He was ordained priest on Aug. 6, 2011.
Talavera is formerly the regional treasurer of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines.
He was principal and prefect of discipline of the Angelicum School in Iloilo City and secretary of the Association of Religious Men in the Archdiocese of Jaro.
The Santisimo Rosario Church, which serves as the University chapel, was declared a parish on March 21, 1942 by decree of Manila Archbishop Michael O’Doherty.
