Pope Francis appoints a new
Bishop for Kabankalan , Philippines
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| St Francis Xavie Cathedral, Diocese of Kabankalan. |
Msgr Louie Patalinghug Galbines has been appointed Bishop of
the Diocese of Kabankalan.
By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp
Bishop-elect Galbines was born in November 1966 in in
Aliwanag, Sagay, in the Western Negros province of the Philippines, in the
Western Visayas region. He completed his philosophical and theological studies
at the University of St Thomas in Manila and was ordained to the priesthood in
1994.
From 1994-1996 he served as Chancellor and Secretary of the
Diocesan Curia for the Diocese of Bacolod, and spiritual director at the
diocesan Sacred Heart Seminary.
In 2001 he earned a Doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical
University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.
After his studies in Rome, he returned to the Philippines
and served as treasurer of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
(2001-2006), Vice-President and then President of the Diocesan Commision for
Clergy, and Parochial Vicar of St Sebastian Parish in Bacolod City (2007-2012).
In 2012 he became Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary in Bacolod City, and in 2013
he became Vicar General of the Diocese of Bacolod.
The Diocese of Kabankalan was erected in 1987. Bishop-elect
Galbines is its 3rd Bishop, succeeding Bishop Patricio Abella Buzon, SDB who
was appointed the Bishop of Bacalod in May 2016.
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