Alfredo Obviar

Venerable Alfredo Obviar
Titular Bishop of Linoë Bishop Emeritus of Lucena
Photograph of Bishop Alfredo Obviar
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Metropolis	Lucena
Diocese	Diocese of Lucena
See	Lucena
Appointed	4 November 1950
In office	15 March 1951 until 25 September 1976
Predecessor	Position established
Successor	Jose Tomas Sanchez
Previous post(s)	Parish priest of Immaculate Conception Parish (Malvar, Batangas) and Cathedral Parish of St. Sebastian (Lipa City) Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa
Orders
Ordination	15 March 1919 by Alfredo Versoza
Consecration	29 June 1944 by Guglielmo Piani
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda (1889-08-29)29 August 1889 Lipa, Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	1 October 1978(1978-10-01) (aged 89) Lucena, Quezon, Philippines
Buried	Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus Compound, Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Denomination	Roman Catholicism
Motto	Faciem tuam, Domine, requiram ('Your Face, O Lord, I seek', Psalm 27:8)
Coat of arms

Styles of Alfredo Obviar
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	Venerable

Alfredo María Obviar y Aranda (29 August 1889 – 1 October 1978) was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Catechists of Saint Thérèse of the Infant Jesus. He was Bishop of Lucena until his death. His beatification process was opened in 2001 and Obviar was declared venerable by Pope Francis in 2018.^[1]