David William Antonio Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
David William Valencia Antonio
Honorific-Suffix:D.D.
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Ilagan Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro
See:Ilagan
Predecessor:Joseph Nacua, OFM.Cap.
Successor:Incumbent
Other Post:
  • North Luzon Regional Representative, CBCP Permanent Council (2023- present)
  • Chairman, CBCP Episcopal Commission on Liturgy (2023- present)
Ordination:1 December 1988
Consecration:26 August 2011
Consecrated By:Giuseppe Pinto
Birth Date:1963 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Nagtupacan, Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur
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David William Valencia Antonio (born 29 December 1963) is a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Ilagan in Isabela.

Biography

David William Valencia Antonio was born in Nagtupacan, Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur, on 29 December 1963. He attended philosophy classes at San Pablo Seminary in Baguio, and theology courses at Immaculate Conception School of Theology in Vigan. He was ordained a priest on 1 December 1988, in the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. He earned a Doctorate of Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America in 1999.[1] [2]

After some years as professor at the Immaculate Conception School of Theology, he was appointed dean of studies in 1993, and then rector of the same seminary.

In 2005, he became parish priest in Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, and later vicar-general of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

On 15 June 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia and Titular Bishop of Basti.[3] He was consecrated bishop on 26 August 2011 by Giuseppe Pinto, then the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. Co-consecrators were Ernesto Antolin Salgado, the Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, and Orlando Beltrán Quevedo, the present Cardinal-Archbishop of Cotabato.

On 21 November 2015, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San José in Mindoro.[4] On 14 November 2018, Pope Francis made him the Bishop of Ilagan in Isabela.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Alumni Corner . Catholic U . Spring 2019 . The Catholic University of America . 48.
  2. Web site: Bishop David William Valencia Antonio. www.ucanews.com. 9 December 2020.
  3. Holy See Press Office . 15 June 2011. Rinunce e nomine, 15.06.2011. it . 14 November 2018.
  4. Holy See Press Office . 21 November 2015. Rinunce e nomine, 21.11.2015 . it . 14 November 2018.
  5. Holy See Press Office . 14 November 2018 . 14 November 2018 . Resignations and Appointments, 14.11.2018.