PHILIPPINES: Capuchin Parish Priest Named Bishop of Ilagan

Pope Benedict XVI on June 10 named Capuchin Father Joseph Amangi Nacua, parish priest of St. Isidro Labrador Parish of Ipil prelature, as bishop of Ilagan, both in the southern Philippines. Bishop-elect Nacua was born on Jan. 5, 1945, in Mankayan, Benguet, a northern province. He studied philosophy in Kerala, India, and theology in Spain. [...]

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