Delfo Cortina Canceran, O.P.

Delfo C. Canceran, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of the Philippines, a theologian and sociologist whose research and teaching engage theology, sociology, philosophy, ethics, and social justice. He is associated with the University of Santo Tomas, where he teaches in the Faculty of Sacred Theology and is affiliated with the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics. He is also a Visiting Associate Professor at De La Salle University Manila, where he is associated with the Department of Sociology and Behavioral Sciences. He earned his Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.Th.D.) and Ph.D. in Theology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in 2004, following his Licentiate in Sacred Theology there in 2000. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2007. His recent scholarly work includes research on decolonization, theology, sociology, ethics, and the social thought of Bartolomé de las Casas. His article “Decolonizing Bartolomé de las Casas” was published in Sociology Lens in 2026.