Msgr. Ruperto Santos was appointed new Filipino bishop! Congratulations.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday evening (Manila time) appointed a new Filipino bishop who will be assigned to the diocese of Balanga in Bataan province.
Bulacan native Msgr. Ruperto Santos will become the fourth bishop of the Balanga diocese, the Vatican announced at 6 p.m. Thursday.
"(Msgr. Santos), until now Rector of Collegio Filippino in Rome, succeeds Socrates Villegas who was named archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in September 2009," the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said in its news site.
Santos’ appointment was released in the Vatican at noon Thursday (Rome time), or 6 p.m. in Manila. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams announced the appointment in Manila.
Santos, a native of San Rafael in Bulacan, was ordained priest on October 30, 1958.
No date has yet been set for his ordination and installation of Msgr. Santos as bishop of the Diocese of Balanga.
The diocese has a population of around 600,000 Catholics. - KBK, GMANews.TV
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I think he was born 1958 instead of being ordained priest in 1958
ReplyDeleteThanks for your correction, anonymous.
ReplyDeleteMsgr. Ruperto Santos was born in San Rafael, Bulacan of the Diocese of Malolos on Oct 30, 1957, and was ordained on Sept 10, 1983
The Episcopal Consecration will be held at the Manila Cathedral on June 24, 2010, 9:00 a.m., while the Installation will be on July 8, 2010, 9:00 a.m. at the Balanga Cathedral.
(source: PCFROMA.ORG)