2015-06-12 16:29:00

Pope appoints bishops in India, the Philippines


Pope Francis on Friday appointed an archbishop to the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, the capital of western India’s Gujarat state.  The Pope transferred Bishop Thomas Ignatius Macwan of Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar, to take over from Jesuit Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes who stepped down on reaching the retirement age of 75. 

Meanwhile in the Philippines, the Pope appointed a new bishop to the Diocese of Gumaca in Quezon province.  Fr. Victor ‎C. Ocampo, the parish priest of St. Dominic de Guzman is the new bishop of Gumaca, whose see had been vacant  since the transfer of Bishop Buenaventura Malayo Famadico to San Pablo in Jan. 2013.

Born in 1952, Fr. Ocampo studied philosophy and theology at San José Seminary, in Quezon City. ‎   Following his priestly ordination in 1977 for Balanga Diocese he worked in 8 parishes as well as served as director of various diocesan offices such as the catechetical office, the liturgical commission, the Biblical apostolate, the family and laife commission and was allo the chancellor of th diocese and memver of the consultors.   He was also the diocesan administrator of Balanga diocese in the absence of the bishop.








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