Pope Francis names Filipino priest to Vatican's Catholic education arm

Pope Francis has appointed a Filipino priest as consultor of the Vatican dicastery that oversees Catholic schools, universities, and institutes of higher education around the world, according to a post on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website.

Fr. Jose V.C. Quilongquilong has been named to the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education (CCE). He will serve the office for five years.

The appointment was also announced Tuesday by the Loyola School of Theology (LST), where the priest served as its former president.

Quilongquilong is a known theologian with a licentiate and doctorate in spirituality from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

He also worked as regional secretary for Asia-Pacific at the Jesuit General Curia in Rome while completing his studies.

Quilongquilong is currently serving as the administrator of the Mirador Jesuit Villa Retreat House and Eco-Spirituality Park in Baguio City.

The CCE is one of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia.

The superiors of the dicastery are its prefect, Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Msgr. Angelo Vincenzo Zani, secretary; and Fr. Friedrich Bechina, FSO, under-secretary.

Former Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, the pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, is also a member of the CCE.—LDF, GMA News