Jose C. Abriol

José C. Abriol (February 4, 1918 – July 6, 2003) was a Filipino priest, linguist, and prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first to translate the Catholic Bible into Tagalog, one of several major Philippine languages.

Biography Abriol was ordained to the priesthood on May 14, 1942. He translated the Holy Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek. Apart from this, he also became rector of Manila Cathedral from 1962 to 1975, and at the same time was the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Manila. He was fluent in nine languages, namely Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, English, German, and Filipino (Tagalog). He served as a priest for sixty years and died at the age of 85. He is regarded as one of the "great intellectuals of the Philippine Church and the world." literature on the Catechism, the Order of Mass and the rest of the Roman Missal, and the Lectionary. He translated the Holy Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek while serving as rector of the Cathedral of Manila, a period encompassing ten years of his life. From 1953 to 1963, he allotted five hours a day for this task. which houses his own "personal collections and church treasures" formerly safeguarded inside a bank vault. Abriol did not retire from the priesthood, nor from his translation and research activities,

Works The translation works of Abriol include the following: Ang Bagong Tipan [The New Testament] (translator, 1997) Ang Lumang Tipan [The Old Testament] (translator) Ang Banal na Biblia [The Holy Bible] (translator, 2000),