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Balanga’s new bishop to be ordained Feb. 25
The new Bishop of Balanga, Reverend Father Rufino Sescon Jr., will be ordained on February 25 at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros.
Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan will lead the ordination ceremony.
Antipolo Bishop Ruperto Santos and Cubao Bishop Emeritus Honesto Ongtioco will serve as co-consecrators.
The Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Charles John Brown, is anticipated to attend the event.
Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula is scheduled to deliver the homily during the ordination.
Sescon's appointment as Bishop of Balanga was announced by the Vatican in January.
Prior to this appointment, Father Sescon served as the rector of the Quiapo Church, officially known as the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno.
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