Herman Guinto Abcede

Herman Guinto Abcede (born April 13, 1965) is a Filipino Catholic prelate serving as Bishop of Daet since 2025.

Early life and education Abcede was born in Vinzons, Camarines Norte, in the Diocese of Daet. He graduated high school at Vinzons Pilot High School and studied philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, continued formation at the Rogationist Seminary of Manila, and later pursued theological studies at the Don Bosco School of Theology in Parañaque. He earned his licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

Priesthood Abcede professed perpetual vows in 1991 and was ordained a priest on June 8, 1996. Beyond his provincial leadership, he has been a member of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) and the Canon Law Society of the Philippines (CLSP).

He also served in the Matrimonial Tribunal of the Diocese of Parañaque as a defender of the bond since 2018, and was appointed as ecclesiastical judge of the same tribunal in 2021. Before his appointment as bishop, he has been the superior of the Community at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Parañaque City since 2023.