Beltran was born in
Gattaran in Cagayan Province. He was ordained as a deacon of the
Archdiocese of Tuguegarao in 1974 and ordained to the priesthood in 1976 by the First Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuguegarao,
Teodulfo S. Domingo. On 18 March 2006, on the eve of the Feast of Saint Joseph, he was appointed as
Apostolic Vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe with the titular see of Buffada. He was consecrated by
Diosdado A. Talamayan on 16 May 2006, and installed as the 4th
vicar apostolic of
Bontoc-
Lagawe on 29 May 2006. Beltran was later appointed as Bishop of
San Fernando de La Union on 30 October 2012. On 12 June 2015 he joined the
Order of Preacher. ==Notes==