Rolando V. de la Rosa, O.P.

Rolando V. de la Rosa, OP is a Filipino Dominican priest, theologian, church historian, and distinguished academic administrator. He served as Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, for three terms, from 1990 to 1998 and from 2008 to 2012. He also served as Chairman of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) from 2004 to 2005 and as Rector and President of Colegio de San Juan de Letran Calamba.

Fr. de la Rosa earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the Dominican House of Studies in Quezon City in 1977 and his Bachelor in Sacred Theology from UST in 1980, both magna cum laude. He subsequently obtained a Licentiate in Sacred Theology and a Master of Arts in Higher Religious Studies from UST in 1984, followed by a doctorate in Sacred Theology and a Ph.D. in Higher Religious Studies from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in 1988, both magna cum laude.