Ipil Bishop Glenn Corsiga (Photograph courtesy of the Diocese of Dumaguete)
MANILA, Philippines – Pope Francis has named Monsignor Glenn Corsiga as the brand new bishop of the Diocese of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay province.
The Catholic Bishops’ Convention of the Philippines (CBCP) information web site reported that Corsiga’s appointment was introduced by the Vatican at 12 midday (6 p.m. Manila time) on Monday.
The diocese’s prime submit has been vacant since August 2023 after the switch of Archbishop Julius Tonel who’s now heads the Archdiocese of Zamboanga.
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The diocese has been below the care of Monsignor Elizar Cielo as diocesan administrator.
He was born in Dumaguete and studied philosophy at St. Joseph Seminary School in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. He later studied theology on the Divine Phrase Seminary in Tagaytay Metropolis.
He was ordained a priest for the Dumaguete diocese on Dec. 14, 1993, after which he had a number of assignments, together with serving as parish vicar of Sta. Catherine of Alexandria in Dumaguete (1993–1994); parish vicar of Sta. Clara de Montefalco in Pasay (1994–1997); non secular director of St. Joseph Seminary School (1997–2002); and chaplain of St. Paul College in Dumaguete (1998–2006).
In 2000, Corsiga was appointed vice chancellor of the diocese, a submit he held till 2002, when he turned rector of St. Joseph Seminary School.
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In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named him a papal chaplain, granting him the honorary title of “monsignor.”
He additionally served as parish priest of St. James the Higher in Tanjay from 2014 to 2020 and as episcopal vicar of the diocese’s north district from 2014 to 2017.
Corsiga, 60, presently serves as vicar normal of the diocese, a place he has held since 2017, and as parish priest of St. Augustine of Hippo Parish in Bacong, Negros Oriental province since 2020.
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Ordination of latest Pagadian bishop set
In the meantime, the episcopal ordination and set up of Ronald Anthony Timoner, 53, as the brand new bishop of the Diocese of Pagadian has been set for Aug. 13 on the Sto. Niño Cathedral in Pagadian Metropolis, Zamboanga del Sur.
“Be a part of us in prayer and celebration. Allow us to witness this blessed second of grace for our diocese. As we put together for Bishop-elect Ronald Anthony Timoner’s ordination and set up, we belief in God’s stunning unfolding plan for our diocese,” the diocese stated in a social media submit Tuesday.
Timoner would be the sixth bishop of the Pagadian diocese.
The Holy Father appointed Timoner, a priest of the Diocese of Daet in Camarines Norte province, as Pagadian bishop on April 2.
He’ll succeed Bishop Ronald Lunas, who died in January 2024. Since then, the diocese has been below the care of Archbishop Martin Jumoad of Ozamis, who served as apostolic administrator through the “sede vacante” interval.
Timoner has been serving because the diocesan administrator of the Daet diocese since Could 2024.
He was appointed greater than a month after Bishop-elect Herman Abcede was named new Daet bishop. (PNA)
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