MARINAY, ISIDRO T.

MARINAY, ISIDRO T.

Fr. Isidro Marinay is currently the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Manila. He is also the episcopal vicar for chancery matters and a member of the presbyteral council and college of consultors of the archdiocese. He is the dean of studies in the philosophy department of the San Carlos Seminary.

Fr. Marinay obtained his licentiate in sacred theology and master’s in oriental religions and cultures, magna cum laude, from UST. He finished his doctorate degree in Philippine studies from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.

He was the editor of the Witness or religion section of the Varsitarian in 1994. He had served as editor-in-chief of the UST Journal of Theology, the official student publication of the UST Faculty of Sacred Theology Inter Nos and the Benavides Newsletter. Under the pen name Jose Maria de Nazareno, he has written biographies of the late Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin (“Happy Life of Sin”) and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma (“Jose S Palma – In the Palm of God’s Hand”). In 2011, he won the Inter Nos lifetime achievement award during the University’s quadricentennial celebration. His book “Sick Situations and Pastoral Heart” was named Best Book in the ministry category of the Catholic Mass Media Awards in 2013. He was also one of the 12 fellows of the 54th University of the Philippines National Writers Workshop in 2015.

Fr. Marinay is a faculty in the Graduate Studies of the Department of Theology and Religious Education.