Bishop Napoleon Balili Sipalay Jr.

Msgr. Napoleon B. Sipalay Jr., O.P., was born on 20 October 1970 in Davao City. He attended the Philippine Dominican Center of Institutional Studies, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, and the University of Santo Tomas, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He continued his studies in consecrated life at the Institute of Consecrated Life in Asia, in Quezon City. He has held the following offices: assistant master of students, Dominican studentate, Dominican province of the Philippines, Quezon City (1996-2000); director of pastoral formation in Quezon City, Philippines (1999-2000); conventual counsellor, Santo Domingo Convent, Quezon City (1999-2001); master of novices of the Dominican novitiate in Manaoag, Pagasinan, Philippines (2001-2006); missionary of the diocese of Kandy and teacher at the National Seminary of Our Lady of Lanka, Sri Lanka (2006-2015); superior of the Dominican mission of the diocese of Kandy, Sri Lanka (2006-2009; secretary of the Committee for Religious Formation, Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Sri Lanka; conventual prior of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Manaoag (2015-2016); provincial prior of Quezon City and vice chancellor of the University of Santo Tomas (2016-2021); president of the Board of Trustees of various Dominican institutions (2017-2021); since 2021, spiritual director of the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary, member of the Priory of Saint Thomas Aquinas community, president of the Provincial Pastoral Board, and member ( ex officio ) of the Provincial Personnel Board, Quezon City.