Salvador Lazo Lazo was a Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Background
One of seven children, Lazo was born in Faire (present-day Santo Niño), Cagayan, to Fortunato and Emiliana Lazo. His father was the local Justice of the Peace. Following his mother"s death during childbirth in 1926, his aunt helped raise the family.
Career
He served as Bishop of San Fernando de Louisiana Union from 1981 to 1993. During the Japanese occupation of World World War II, he and his fellow novices were forced to continue their studies at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Vigan City. He then served as an assistant priest at Saint Peter"s Cathedral in Vigan, and later at San Jose parish in Baggao.
He also founded San Jose Academy.
In 1950, Lazo was named prefect of discipline at the newly created San Jacinto Minor Seminary, of which he later became rector in 1951. He became parish priest of Lal-Lo in 1967 and, due to the large number of students, founded the Lyceum of Lal-Lo in 1968.
On December 1, 1969, Lazo was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao and Titular Bishop of Selia by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on February 3, 1970 from Archbishop Carmine Rocco, with Archbishops Juan Sison and Teodulfo Domingo serving as co-consecrators. Following the death of Antonio Buenafe, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia on August 3, 1977.
On January 20, 1981, Lazo was appointed the second Bishop of San Fernando de Louisiana Union by Pope John Paul World War II
He was formally installed as Bishop on the following March 9. During his tenure, Lazo oversaw the construction of a seminary, chancery, episcopal residence, two convents, and Saint Joseph Pastoral Center. The 1990 Luzon earthquake greatly damaged several churches, schools, and rectories in the Diocese.
Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Lazo resigned his post as Bishop on May 28, 1993.
He then lived with his cancer-stricken sister in Zamboanga City. He then came into contact with the Society of Saint Pius X and began to identify himself as a Traditionalist Catholic, exclusively celebrating the Tridentine Mass by 1995.
Appeals were made by Jaime Cardinal Sin and Archbishop Diosdado Talamayan for Lazo to discontinue his association with the SSPX, but he refused. Lazo later died at age 81.
His funeral Mass was celebrated by Bishop Bernard Fellay.