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Pope Francis names 2 auxiliary bishops for Cebu


Pope Francis on Friday named Oscar Jaime Florencio and Dennis Villarojo as auxiliary bishops for the Cebu Archdiocese, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said.
 
Fr. Florencio is rector of St. John the Evangelist School of Theology in Palo, Leyte while Msgr. Villarojo is serving at the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish Church in Cebu City.

The CBCP said this will bring to three the number of auxiliary bishops for Cebu along with Bishop Emilio Bataclan, who will reach the mandatory retirement age of 75 for bishops this September.
 
Florencio, 49, was born in Capoocan, Leyte, and was ordained on April 3, 1990. He completed his studies in philosophy at Sacred Heart Seminary in Palo, and theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
 
He studied in Rome at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross from 1994 to 1999, and earned a licentiate and a doctorate in Sacred Theology. Following his return to the Philippines, he was appointed professor at SJEST, then as parish priest of St. Francis of Assisi Church from 2004 to 2006.
 
He was then assigned to Sacred Heart Parish from 2006 to 2009. He then returned to the theology seminary and served as rector in 2013. He has served as Vice-Chancellor of the archdiocese since 2009.
 
Villarojo, 48, was born in Cebu City and was ordained on June 10, 1994. He completed his philosophy studies at San Carlos College Seminary of Cebu and theology at the UST. From 1994 to 1998, he was personal secretary of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.
 
He studied at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome from 1998 to 2001, where he obtained a doctorate in Philosophy. He then returned to Cebu and continued serving as Vidal’s secretary until 2010 when he became a parish priest.
 
Villarojo is secretary general of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress that will be held in Cebu City in January 2016.  — Joel Locsin/ELR, GMA News
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