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Pope Benedict XVI names Br. Joseph as Bishop of Ilagan |
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The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has named as
Bishop of Ilagan Br. Joseph Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap. Br.
Joseph is the current parish priest of San Isidro Labrador
Parish, Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay, in the prelature of Ipil.
Br. Joseph Amangi Nacua, O.F.M. Cap., whose religious name
is Simplicius de Lepanto, was born in Mankayan, Benguet, on
January 5, 1945. After secondary school, he pursued his
philosophical studies at the St. Anthony’s School (Capuchin
House of Studies in Kerala, India (1963-1966) and his
theological studies at the Capuchin Theology House in
Pamplona, Navarra, in Spain (1966-1970). Subsequently, he
enrolled in a Master of Arts degree at the Asian Social
Institute of Manila, he had his Licentiate in Spirituality
at the Pontifical University Gregoriana in Rome and an M.A.
in Franciscan Spirituality at St. Bonaventure University in
New York.
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He professed his perpetual vows in the Order of Friars Minor
Capuchin on September 16, 1967, and was ordained a priest on
June 27, 1971. From 1971 to 1974 and again in 1981-1984, he
was Guardian and Rector of the Our Lady of Lourdes Seminary
in Lipa. Subsequently, he became a
member of the Provincial Council, Master of Novices
(1976-1981), Director of Studies (1985-1986) and Vicar
Provincial (1991-1994). From 1994 to 2000, for two terms, he
had been Minister Provincial of the Philippines (1994-1999).
From 2000 to 2006 he was a Definitor General for Asia at the
General Curia of the Capuchins in Rome.
After which he returned to the Philippines and stayed at
Ipil, Zamboanga to fulfill what had been prevented of him
because of his election to the General Curia. Once more
though fulfilled for a while it again becomes elusive as he
is appointed bishop.
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with reports from the General Curia and CBCP News |
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