Pope appoints new archbishop
in Cotabato in the Philippines
Bishop Angelito R. Lampon, the Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, is
the new Archbishop of Cotabato.
Pope Francis on Tuesday made an appointment in the Catholic
Church in the southern Philippines.
He appointed Bishop Angelito R. Lampon, the
Vicar Apostolic of Jolo, as the new Archbishop of Cotabato.
The 68-year old bishop takes over from Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo who
has stepped down having reached the retirement age of 75 back in 2014.
Both the 79-year old cardinal and the new archbishop belong
to the congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI).
Bishop Lampon was born in M’lang, Cotabato, on 1 March 1950.
After his novitiate with OMI in Tamontaka, Cotabato, he studied
philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, and theology at the
Loyola School of Theology, also in Quezon City.
Bishop Lampon was ordained an OMI priest on 26 March 1977.
As a priest he held the following responsibilities:
1977-1978: Assistant parish priest in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat
and in the Cathedral of Cotabato
1979-1981: Staff member at Cotabato City Seminary
1981-1982: Studied at SIADI (South Asian
Interdisciplinary Institute), Intramuros, Manila
1988-1992: Director of OMI postulants and scholastics
1992-1997: Counsellor general at the
OMI generalate /headquarters in Rome, Italy
On his return to the Philippines, Bishop Lampon was
appointed Vicar Apostolic of Jolo on 21 November 1997 and was consecrated
bishop on 6 January 1998.
In the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
(CBCP), Bishop Lampon was president of the Commission for Interreligious
Dialogue from 2011 to 2017. Currently, he is president of the Commission
for Ecumenical Affairs.
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