Seventh-day Adventist Church. Montano describes his father as a strict disciplinarian, and his mother imposing her religion's prohibitions against pork and movies. He attended Santa Ana Elementary School and Mariano Marcos Memorial High School, finishing Mass Communication at Lyceum of the Philippines University in Intramuros, Manila. Montano was first married to Marilyn Polinga, a fellow Boholano he met at a local Seventh-day Adventist church. Montano then worshipped at the Bread of Life Ministries International evangelical church in Quezon City, before becoming a congregant at Christ's Commission Fellowship in Mandaluyong together with his second wife, Sunshine Cruz, and his children. Polinga, with whom he had two children, died in 1993. Their second child, Christian Angelo Manhilot, died at the age of 23 on March 26, 2010, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at their house in Quezon City. His son with actress Teresa Loyzaga, Carlos Diego Loyzaga, lived with his mother in Australia, and has returned to the Philippines as an exclusive contract actor with ABS-CBN. Montano married Sunshine Cruz on September 14, 2000, in a Christian wedding. They have three daughters, Angelina Isabelle, Samantha Angeline and Angel Francheska. He filed for annulment of marriage with Cruz, which was finally granted on August 26, 2013. Aside from his farm in Pandi, Bulacan, Montano also owns an Italian restaurant located in Quezon City. Cesar Montano has rejoined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Filmography Discography Awards References External links Cesar Montano in BIKTIMA Manila Times 1962 births Living people 21st-century Filipino male singers ABS-CBN personalities Boholano people Duterte administration personnel Filipino actor-politicians Filipino film directors Filipino male comedians Filipino Seventh-day Adventists Former evangelicals GMA Network personalities Lyceum of the Philippines University alumni Male actors from Bohol Male actors from Manila People from Santa Ana, Manila Singers from Bohol Singers from Manila Tagalog-language singers TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities