Oscar Valero Cruz

Oscar Valero Cruz (17 November 1934 – 26 August 2020) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxillary bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Fernando and the Archdiocese of Lingayen–Dagupan.

Quotes

• I submit that the reality of communion is squarely founded on the truth of community which in turn is fundamentally rooted in the fact of unity. Thus, in the same way that there is no community in the absence of unity, there is neither communion if there is no community.
  • - H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar V. CRUZ, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (25 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See

• There is a reason for everything: God commands creation and creatures. There is no such thing a good and bad luck, which would mean that God has no control over man, nature and events.
  • Typhoon Durian: “God’s messages in natural disasters”, Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of Bishops’ Conference (5 December 2006) Fides News Agency