Cesare Marie Guerrero

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Cesare (Cesar) Marie Guerrero (born January 26, 1885 in La Ermita , Manila ; † March 28, 1961 ) was a Filipino Roman Catholic clergyman and the first bishop of Lingayen between 1929 and 1937 and later from 1949 to 1957 the first bishop of San Fernando was.

Life

Guerrero was ordained a priest on October 28, 1914 and then worked as a clergyman for several years.

After Pope Pius XI on May 19, 1928 . with the Apostolic Constitution Continuam omnium from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia and the Archdiocese of Manila, the Diocese of Lingayen was established and the Archdiocese of Manila was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manila as a suffragan , Guerrero was appointed on February 22, 1929 as the first Bishop of Lingayen. His episcopal ordination took place on May 24, 1929 by the Archbishop of Manila , Michael J. O'Doherty . Co- consecrators were Alfredo Verzosa y Florentin , Bishop of Lipa , as wellSantiago Caragnan Sancho , Bishop of Nueva Segovia . He held the office of Bishop of Lingayen until December 16, 1937.

Subsequently, Guerrero became auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Manila and at the same time titular bishop of Limisa . On May 17, 1938, Mariano Madriaga succeeded him as Bishop of Lingayen.

On May 14, 1949 he was appointed the first Bishop of San Fernando after Pope Pius XII. the diocese with the bull sample noscitur on December 11, 1948 from the cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Manila, to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese. He held this office for almost eight years until his retirement on March 14, 1957. This was followed by his appointment as titular bishop of Thuburbo Minus , while Emilio Cinense y Abera was his successor as Bishop of San Fernando.

During his tenure as bishop Guerrero took part in the episcopal ordinations of Luis Del Rosario in 1933, José Maria Cuenco in 1942, Alfredo Obviar in 1944 and Alejandro Olalia in 1949 as co-consecrator .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Continuam omnium , AAS 22 (1930), n.6, p. 261ff.
  2. ↑ History of the Archdiocese of Manila ( Memento from September 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Guerrero, Cesare Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guerrero, Cesar Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino clergyman, Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan and of San Fernando
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH La Ermita , Manila
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1961