Jesse Mercado

The Most Reverend Jesse Mercado D.D.
Bishop of Parañaque
See	Parañaque
Appointed	December 7, 2002
Installed	January 28, 2003
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (1997–2002) Titular Bishop of Talaptula (1997–2002)
Orders
Ordination	March 19, 1977 by Jaime Sin
Consecration	March 31, 1997 by Jaime Sin
Personal details
Born	Jesse Eugenio Mercado (1951-06-06) June 6, 1951 Caloocan, Rizal, Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Confirma Fratres Tuos ('Strengthen your Brethren', Luke 22:32)
Coat of arms

Styles of Jesse Mercado
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Jesse Eugenio Mercado (born June 6, 1951) is the first bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Parañaque.

Biography

Mercado was born on June 6, 1951, in Caloocan. He studied at St. Joseph School and completed his philosophical and theological formation at the Jesuit-run San Jose Seminary. After becoming a priest, he took his licentiate in theology at the Angelicum in Rome (1981–1984).

He was ordained to the priesthood on March 19, 1977, for the Archdiocese of Manila. There, he served as assistant parish priest of San Isidro Labrador Parish in Pasay (1977), spiritual director at the San Pablo Regional Seminary (1977–1979), director of the Pre-College Department of the San Carlos Seminary (1979–1981), professor of theology at the San Carlos Seminary (1985–1988), rector of the Holy Apostles Seminary (1988–1994), and rector of the Pontificio Collegio Filippino (1994–1997).

He was named titular bishop of Talaptula and auxiliary bishop of Manila on February 25, 1997, and was ordained on March 31 of the same year. He was appointed as the first bishop of the Diocese of Parañaque on 7 December 2002 and formally installed on 28 January 2003.