Br. Bernard Oca named new DLSU president

Br. Bernard Oca FSC, EdD is the new president of De La Salle University.

Elected by the DLSU board of trustees as the 24th president of the university, Oca is set to assume office on Aug. 1.

According to the university’s Facebook post on Tuesday, DLSU board of trustees chair Nestor V. Tan announced the news in a message to the Lasallian community.

Prior to his appointment, Oca has been the DLSU Chancellor since 2018 and concurrently serves as president of De La Salle Santiago Zobel School, Jaime Hilario Integrated School-La Salle in Bagac, Bataan,  and De La Salle Araneta University.

According to the university Facebook page, Oca finished grade school at De La Salle Taft, high school at La Salle Green Hills and his bachelor of arts in literature, master’s degree in languages and literature, and doctor of education in religious and values education at De La Salle University.

One of the founding Brothers of Jaime Hilario Integrated School-La Salle in Bagac, Bataan, Oca entered the postulancy in 1971, took the habit of the Brothers in 1974, and his final vows at La Salle Green Hills in 1980. – Kaela Malig/RC, GMA News