Alberto Uy

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Alberto Sy Uy D.D., STD
Metropolitan Archbishop-designate of Cebu
Province	Cebu
Appointed	July 16, 2025
Installed	September 30, 2025
Predecessor	Jose S. Palma
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Tagbilaran (2017–2025)
Orders
Ordination	April 14, 1993 by Christian Vicente Noel
Consecration	January 5, 2017 by Luis Antonio Tagle
Personal details
Born	Alberto Sy Uy (1966-10-18) October 18, 1966 (age 58) Ubay, Bohol, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Cagayan de Oro Loyola School of Theology Pontifical Gregorian University[1]
Motto	Omnia facio propter Evangelium (Latin for 'I do everything for the sake of the Gospel')[a]
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Christian Vicente Noel Date April 14, 1993 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Luis Antonio Tagle Co-consecrators Jose S. Palma Daniel Parcon Place Talibon Cathedral

Styles of Alberto S. Uy
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Alberto "Abet" Sy Uy (born October 18, 1966) is a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate. He is the Metropolitan Archbishop-designate of Cebu in the Philippines, having been appointed by Pope Leo XIV on July 16, 2025. Concurrently, while awaiting for his installation, he is serving as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, being served as its diocesan bishop prior to his appointment.

Uy was born on October 18, 1966 in Ubay, Bohol. He studied philosophy at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Tagbilaran and theology at the Saint John Mary Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro, where he also received a Masters in Pastoral Ministry. He received his licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Loyola School of Theology in Quezon City. He pursued further studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a doctorate in Sacred Theology in 2006.^[2]

Uy was ordained as a priest on April 14, 1993, for the Diocese of Talibon.^[2] He then served as parochial vicar of the parish church in Jagna until 1995 before he became dean of seminarians at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary until 1997. After completing his doctoral studies in Rome, he became rector of the Saint John Mary Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro from 2006 to 2010 before returning to Jagna to serve as its parish priest. From 2013 to 2016, he served as parish priest of Talibon Cathedral, and at the same time, the diocese's episcopal vicar for the clergy.^[3]

Pope Francis appointed Uy as Bishop of Tagbilaran on October 13, 2016, succeeding Leonardo Y. Medroso.^[1][4] Uy was consecrated bishop at the Blessed Trinity Cathedral in Talibon, Bohol, seat of the Diocese of Talibon on January 5, 2017, and was installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran on January 6, 2017 at Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Tagbilaran City. He succeeded retired bishop Leonardo Y. Medroso.^[5]

In May, 2024, Uy, in an open letter, praised Bohol Representatives Edgar Chatto, Ma. Vanessa C. Aumentado and Alexie Tutor for their “courageous stance” in voting negative versus the divorce bill.^[6] In December, Uy exhorted his parishioners regarding the current state of infrastructure corruption. He voiced his strong opposition to the planned construction of the Cebu–Bohol Bridge based on environmental protection concerns and possible damage to the Danajon Bank.^[7]

On July 16, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed him Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu, succeeding Monsignor José S. Palma.^[8] His installation is set for September 30 at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.

• Bishop Alberto Sy Uy Catholic-Hierarchy.org