OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 10 JUN 2008 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Joseph Amangi Nacua O.F.M. Cap., pastor of the parish of "St. Isidro Labrador" parish in the prelature of Ipil, Philippines, as bishop of Ilagan (area 10,664, population 1,356,353, Catholics 1,070,761, priests 44, religious 54), Philippines. The bishop-elect was born in Mankayan, Philippines in 1945 and ordained a priest in 1971.
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