Pope Francis names Cebu bishop to head PH military ordinariate

From the Manila Times (Mar 3, 2019): Pope Francis names Cebu bishop to head PH military ordinariate

POPE Francis has appointed a Cebu bishop to head the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines.

Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio, 53, will be succeeding the late Bishop Leopoldo Tumulak.

The position has been vacant since Tumulak died in June 2017, according to a post from CBCP News, the news service of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.

The post said that the appointment was announced by the Vatican on Saturday at 12 noon (7 p.m. in Manila) on Saturday, March 2.

The military ordinariate has jurisdiction over the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

Florencio served the Archdiocese of Palo, Leyte, his hometown, as its priest for 25 years. He became an ordained minister on April 3, 1990.

In 2015, Florencio became the first priest from the Palo archdiocese to be promoted as bishop in 28 years.

Two years after, Florencio assumed the post, apostolic administrator of the military diocese.

The prelate earned his doctorate in sacred theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.

https://www.manilatimes.net/pope-francis-names-cebu-bishop-to-head-ph-military-ordinariate/520082/