Nationality Filipino Consecration August 18, 2003 Successor incumbent Province Quezon City | Name Honesto Ongtioco Installed 28 August 2003 Motto MAIOR AUTEM CARITAS Ordination December 8, 1972 | |
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Honesto Flores Ongtioco (born 17 October 1948) is a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first and current Bishop of Cubao. He had previously served as Bishop of Balanga as its second bishop.
Contents
- Ash wednesday mass with bishop honesto ongtioco
- Fiesta 2015 feast day high mass bishop honesto ongtioco dd homily
- Early life and education
- Priesthood 19721998
- Bishop 1998present
- References
Fiesta 2015 feast day high mass bishop honesto ongtioco dd homily
Early life and education
Honesto Flores Ongtioco was born on October 17, 1948 at San Fernando, Pampanga. He studied elementary at St. Scholastica's Academy and high school at Don Bosco Academy. In 1958, he had seminary training at San Jose Seminary. Three years after studying philosophy in 1964, he took theology at the Loyola School of Theology in Ateneo de Manila University. Ongtioco earned a masteral degree in Organization Development and Planning in 1983 at the Southeast Asian Interdisciplinary Development Institute in Manila.
In 1984, he went to the United States renewal courses on Liturgy and Spirituality at St. John's University in New York City. After taking renewal courses, he went to Rome in 1987 where he obtained a licentiate in Sacred Theology Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Priesthood (1972–1998)
On December 8, 1972, Ongtioco was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Emilio Cinense y Abera, Bishop of San Fernando at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
After his ordination, Ongtioco was given several assignments in San Fernando. He served as spiritual director, professor, rector, and other positions in Mother of Good Counsel Minor Seminary, University of the Assumption, and other educational institutions. He was also appointed as parochial vicar of the Holy Rosary Parish in Angeles City from 1974 to 1975 and in St. Peter and Paul Parish from 1975 to 1977.
On March 21, 1992, Ongtioco was invested as honorary prelate. Five years later, he was appointed as rector of the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome, Italy.
Bishop (1998–present)
Ongtioco was appointed as the second Bishop of Balanga in April 8, 1998 and was installed on June 18 of the same year. After the creation of the Diocese of Cubao, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Ongtioco on June 28, 2003 as its first bishop. Ongtioco was installed on August 28, 2003, the same day the new diocese was canonically erected.