Sorsogon Bishop Emeritus Arturo Bastes, an SVD missionary from Loboc in Bohol, was known for his strong positions on national issues
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The news service of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines confirmed in a Facebook post that Bastes died at 6:30 am on Sunday. CBCP News has not provided further details about his death. In 1997, the late Pope John Paul II named Bastes bishop of Romblon and, in 2003, bishop of Sorsogon. The Diocese of Sorsogon covers the province of Sorsogon, 516 kilometers away from Manila, and is now composed of more than 770,600 Catholics.
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