Balanga鈥檚 new bishop to be ordained Feb. 25
MASS AT MALL Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr., then chaplain of Greenbelt Chapel and priest in charge of the Ministry of Malls and Business Establishments in the Archdiocese of Manila, celebrates Mass at Greenbelt Chapel. —JILSON SECKLER TIU
MANILA, Philippines — Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr., the newly appointed Bishop of Balanga, will be ordained later this month.
READ: Sescon, rector of Quiapo Church, is new bishop of Balanga
In a social media announcement on Saturday, the Archdiocese of Manila – Office of Communications said the episcopal ordination will be held on Feb. 25 at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros.
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas will officiate the ordination and be joined by Antipolo Bishop Ruperto Santos and Cubao Bishop Emeritus Honesto Ongtioco.
Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Charles John Brown, is expected to grace the event.
Article continues after this advertisementManila Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula will deliver the homily.
Article continues after this advertisementThe Vatican announced Sescon’s appointment in January.
Before his appointment, Sescon was the rector of the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Quiapo Church) in Manila.
