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The new bishop of Baguio City was ordained at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City over the weekend, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines . Father Rafael Cruz , 64, was ordained to the episcopate by Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan on September 7. Serving as co-consecrators were Archbishop Victor Bendico of Capiz and Bishop Jesse Mercado of Parañaque. “I humbly offer myself once more as a very simple birthday gift to her.
He will succeed Archbishop Bendico, who served the diocese from 2017 until his transfer to the Capiz archdiocese in 2023.Cruz took up Philosophy at the San Pablo Regional College Seminary, Baguio City, Bangued, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. He took up theology at the Immaculate Conception School of Theology, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, receiving a Bachelor of Sacred Theology.Cruz was ordained a priest on September 8, 1985 for the archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
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