Pope appoints bishop in
Ilagan, Philippines
Pope Francis on November 14 appointed Bishop David William
Valencia Antonio as the new Bishop of Ilagan.
Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed a bishop to the Diocese
of Ilagan in northern Philippines. Bishop David William
Valencia Antonio, the Auxiliary of Segovia is the new Bishop of
Ilagan. However, he will continue as Apostolic Administrator of San
Jose in Mindoro, a task he was entrusted with in March 2018.
The see of Ilagan has been vacant since 25 February 2017,
when Bishop Joseph Amangi Ncua OFM stepped down on health grounds.
Bishop Antonio was born in Nagtupacan, Sto. Domingo, Ilocos
Sur, on 29 December 1963. He attended philosophy courses at the "San
Pablo seminary" in Baguio City, and theology courses at the "
Immaculate Conception School of Theology" in Vigan City. He then completed
higher studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington (USA),
obtaining a doctorate in theology.
Bishop Antonio was ordained a priest on December 1, 1988,
for the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.
After a few years as a professor at the Immaculate
Conception School of Theology, Vigan, Iloco Sur, he was
appointed dean of studies of the seminary in 1993, and later
appointed as its rector.
In 2005 he became Parish Priest of the Parish of Saint
Lucy, Iloco Sur, and later Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Nueva
Segovia.
On June 15, 2011, he was appointed Auxiliary of the
Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia and titular Bishop of Basti. He was
consecrated bishop on August 26, 2011.
On March 22, 2018, he was also appointed Apostolic
Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San José in Mindoro after Bishop
Antonio Palang stepped down.
Elsewhere in the Philippines, Pope Francis on Wednesday
accepted the resignation of Edgardo Sarabia Juanich, the Apostolic Vicar of
Taytay.
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