Joseph Nacua Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Joseph Nacua
Bishop of Ilagan
Archdiocese:Tuguegarao
Appointed:June 10, 2008
Term End:February 25, 2017
Predecessor:Sergio Lasam Utleg
Successor:David William Valencia Antonio
Ordination:June 26, 1971
Consecration:August 19, 2008
Consecrated By:Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan
Birth Name:Joseph Benedict Amangi Nacua
Birth Date:1945 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Mankayan, Mountain Province, Philippines
Death Place:Lipa, Batangas, Philippines
Motto:RECORCATUS MISERICORDIAE SUAE
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Joseph Amangi Nacua.svg
Joseph Nacua
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Joseph Benedict Amangi Nacua[1] (January 5, 1945 – September 10, 2022) was a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate. Nacua was born in the Philippines and was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan, Philippines from 2008 until his resignation in 2017.[2]

Nacua is the first Filipino clergyman belonging to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin to get ordained to the episcopate.[3]

Nacua died on September 10, 2022, while confined in a hospital in Lipa, Batangas.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Visaya Jr . Villamor . Bishop Emeritus Joseph Benedict Nacua, 77, dies . 13 September 2022 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 11 September 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: Bishop Joseph Benedict (Simplicius de Lepanto) Amangi Nacua [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 12 September 2022 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  3. News: Bishop Nacua, the only Filipino Capuchin prelate, dies at 77 . 13 September 2022 . InterAksyon . 12 September 2022.
  4. News: Visaya . Vince Jacob . Bishop Emeritus Joseph Nacua, 77 . 13 September 2022 . The Manila Times . 12 September 2022 . en.
  5. News: Filipino Capuchin bishop dies at 77 . 13 September 2022 . UCA News . en.