Pope Francis appoints Pinoy priest as third Chalan Kanoa bishop

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Pope Francis appoints Pinoy priest as third Chalan Kanoa bishop
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A Filipino priest who hails from Janiuay, Iloilo and currently based in Tamuning, Guam has been appointed by Pope Francis as the third bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands.Reverend Romeo Duetao Convocar of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Agaña, Guam and currently the parish priest of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores in Tamuning, Guam will succeed then-bishop Ryan Jimenez.Bishop Jimenez has been serving as archbishop of Agaña in Guam since August 2024.

He was ordained a priest on 17 September 1996 and incardinated first in the military ordinariate of the Philippines, from which he was excardinated on 15 March 2016, in order to be incardinated in the metropolitan archdiocese of Agaña."Msgr. Convocar held the roles of chaplain in service at the Office of the Military Ordinary , and interim chaplain of the Southern and Northern Command of the armed forces.

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