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Pope Leo names new Nueva Ecija bishop
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Samuel Agcaracar as the new bishop for the Diocese of San Jose de Nueva Ecija.
The 55-year-old Agcaracar, a member of the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) congregation, will succeed Bishop Roberto Mallari, who has moved to lead the Diocese of Tarlac.
Agcaracar currently serves as the rector of the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City and is the provincial admonitor for the SVD Philippine Central Province.
His prior experience includes teaching, serving as a catechist, and holding a high school director position at Divine Word College of Calapan.
He earned a doctorate in missiology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and founded the SVD Laudato Si' Farm in Tagaytay.
The date of his episcopal ordination and installation as the fifth bishop of San Jose has yet to be announced.
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