Who will replace Manila Archbishop Tagle?

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:36:34 +0000

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With his appointment to a Vatican post, people are now wondering who will replace Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as Archbishop of Manila.

For Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo of Kidapawan, Tagle’s successor will most likely come from those assigned around Metro Manila such as

He also mentioned Imus Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista whose diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila.

Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Bagaforo said is another possible candidate since he once served as auxiliary bishop of Manila during the time of the late Cardinal Jaime Sin.

“All our candidates most especially those that are around Metro Manila because they know the place, the priests, the situation,” he said in an interview during the formal turnover of the chairmanship of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines National Secretariat for Social Action Justice and Peace in Tagaytay City, December 13.

LINGAYEN Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas

Bagaforo said the pontiff may also surprise everyone and appoint somebody outside Manila like what happened when Pope Paul VI appointed Cardinal Sin to Manila.

“Sin was serving as Jaro Archbishop in Iloilo when he was appointed in Manila,” he said.

Retired Novaliches Bishop Teodoro Bacani refused to guess as to who will be the next Manila archbishop.

IMUS Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista

“I really have no idea. With the present pope, whoever it is he will appoint will surely be a surprise,” he said in a separate interview during a recent gathering in Manila.

“I’ve been talking to many priests and they c
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