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Father Mayugba new auxiliary bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Father Renato Pine Mayugba as auxiliary bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, to assist Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz.
Father Mayugba is 49 years old. He will be 50 on December 4, this year. He was born in Sampaloc, Manila and went to Grade School at Saint Louis University in Baguio City. When he was 12 years old, he entered the Minor Seminary at Binmaley in Pangasinan. He did his philosophy and theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, and was ordained at the age of 25. Then he went to the University of Angelicum in Rome, to obtain his Licentiate in Sacred Theology.
As a priest, over the last 24 years, incardinated in the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, most of his work has been done in Seminaries. For three years he was Rector of the Orientation Seminary in Bonuan, Dagupan. Then Dean and Rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary in Vigan. For six years he was engaged in the spiritual formation of priests. And, as of this moment, he is serving as Rector of Mary Help of Christians College Seminary in Dagupan.
Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz is 70 years old. He will be 71 on November 17. He was President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 1995 to 1999. And he is now the Judicial Vicar for the National Apellate Matrimonial Tribunal.
No date has been announced for the Episcopal ordination of Father Mayugba or for his installation as Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan.
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