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Archbishop Quevedo new FABC secretary general
Former CBCP President Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, OMI, of the archdiocese of Cotabato was elected as the new Secretary General for the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) for the coming three years. He will replace Archbishop Oswald Gomis of Colombo.
The Central Committee of the Federation elected him in their meeting in Hua Hin, Thailand on November 18, 2005.
The committee is the highest decision body of the Federation, second to the Plenary Assembly, and composed of the presidents of FABC-member bishops' conferences. The Federation is directed by the secretary general; there is no president in the FABC set up.
Archbishop Quevedo has a long affiliation with the FABC and was instrumental in writing the final document of the last General Assembly (2004) on Family.
The General Secretariat of the FABC is based in Hong Kong where the Federation is also legally established.
The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) is a voluntary association of episcopal conferences in South, Southeast, East and Central Asia, established with the approval of the Holy See. Its purpose is to foster among its members solidarity and co-responsibility for the welfare of Church and society in Asia, and to promote and defend whatever is for the greater good.
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