Tag: installation

Pope Leo XIV appointed Varquez, a native of Bohol province’s Sevilla town, as Tagbilaran’s eighth bishop on Sept. 10.

Inside, he offered the congregation the four words that have guided his priesthood: “Domine, Tuus Sum” — Latin for “Lord, I am yours.”

“If I have learned anything throughout my vocational story, it is that God’s mercy is far greater than my weaknesses,” Mejia said

He said the memory of that quiet ordination shaped his pastoral vision, teaching him “to welcome the most abandoned and the wounded"

The former Manila archbishop expressed hope that the Cebu archdiocese would embrace its new shepherd and one another in a spirit of openness

"I say to you my dear priests, religious and lay faithful of the Diocese of Pagadian, in the name of Jesus the Nazarene, arise and walk"

Born in Vinzons, a town in the same province, he earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila

For him, this connection with God is the cornerstone of any meaningful direction in life, a foundation that he aims to nurture

Buco is the current chairman of the CBCP’s Commission on Canon Law and also serves as the judicial vicar of the National Tribunal of Appeals

The historic event for the Claretian bishop-designate coincides with the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, patron of missionaries