Biography
Father Teodoro O. Kalaw, CRM was born in Lipa City, Philippines, on September 10, 1977. One of six children, he is the son of Francisco and Belen Kalaw. He graduated from De La Salle University in Lipa City, Philippines, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Secondary Education.
He formally entered the Adorno Fathers’ House of Formation in Ramsey, New Jersey, in August 1999. During this time as part of his formation, went to Immaculate Conception Seminary in Seton Hall University where he obtained a Masters of Divinity in Pastoral Theology.
He made his Solemn Profession of Vows on June 4, 2005, and was ordained a priest by Most Reverend John W. Fleesey, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, on December 8, 2005 in St. Joseph Church, Lodi, New Jersey.
After his ordination, Fr. Nello Morea, CRM, Superior General that time, assigned him to the Adorno Fathers Formation House in Ramsey, New Jersey from 2005-2007. Then after that he was then assigned to the Adorno Fathers Seminary in Vinzons, Camarines Norte, Philippines from 2007-2009 as the vocation director and prefect of discipline.
In 2010, he was transferred to Jesus Our Risen Savior Parish in Spartanburg, South Carolina as Parochial Vicar. There he served in various ministries such as chaplain for the three major Colleges as Campus Ministry priest; Wofford, Converse and University of South Carolina – Upstate. During this six-year term in Spartanburg, he was appointed Superior of the USA-Philippine Delegation which position he held for six years. Then on July of 2015 he was moved to our oldest parish and appointed pastor of Saint Joseph Parish in Lodi, NJ.
In 2017, due to various needs and demands of his office as Delegate Superior he moved to Ramsey to be the Superior and Rector of the Seminary.
At 63rd General Chapter of the Clerics Regular Minor in Rome, he was elected as the 60th Superior General of the Order on July 11, 2018.
During the 64th General Chapter of the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor, which was celebrated in Sacrofano, Rome. Fr. Teodoro O. Kalaw, CRM, the 60th Superior General was re-elected Superior General for the next 6 years, on July 13, 2024.