What is Oscar Cruz?
{{Infobox person | name = Oscar Cruz | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|11|17|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Philippine Islands]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|08|26|1934|11|17|mf-yes}} | death_place = [[San Juan, Philippines]] }} '''Oscar V. Cruz''' (November 17, 1934 – August 26, 2020) was a Filipino [[Roman Catholic]] prelate. He was archbishop of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in the [[Philippines]]. He was the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan|Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan]] in [[Pangasinan]], [[Philippines]], from 1991 to 2009. He was born in [[Balanga, Bataan]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]. Cruz died on August 26, 2020 in [[San Juan, Philippines]] from [[COVID-19]], aged 85.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1327183/lingayen-dagupan-archbishop-emeritus-oscar-cruz-dies-at-85|title= Lingayen-Dagupan archbishop emeritus Oscar Cruz dies at 85|newspaper = Philippine Daily Inquirer|date = August 26, 2020|access-date = August 26, 2020|last = Gonzales|first = Cathrine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/8/26/former-CBCP-president-Oscar-Cruz-dies-.html |title=Former CBCP president Oscar Cruz succumbs to COVID-19 |access-date=2020-08-27 |archive-date=2020-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826062103/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/8/26/former-CBCP-president-Oscar-Cruz-dies-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cruz, Oscar}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines]] [[Category:People from Central Luzon]] [[Category:Bataan]] [[Category:Filipino Roman Catholic bishops]] {{bio-stub}}