Pope Francis named Fr. Pablito Tagura as new Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro, the news arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported.
According to the CBCP News, the appointment was made public in Rome on Saturday, Dec. 17.
“Tagura, until now the Rector and Dean of Studies at Christ the King Mission Seminary in Quezon City, succeeded the late Bishop Antonio Palang who resigned in March 2018,” the CBCP News said.
“For around four years, the apostolic vicariate has been under the care of Bishop David William Antonio of the Ilagan diocese as apostolic administrator,” it added.
Tagura was born in Lagangilang, Abra in 1962. He took his Philosophy and Theology studies at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City, the CBCP News said.
He was ordained priest on Dec. 17, 1988 in Bangued. In 1997, Tagura obtained his Doctorate in Philosophy at the Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the US, the CBCP News added.