Pedro Baquero

Pedro Baquero SDB (born September 15, 1970 in Manila ) is a Filipino religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Kerema in Papua New Guinea .

Life

Pedro Baquero joined the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1989 and made his first profession on April 1, 1990 . He studied philosophy at the Don Bosco College of Canlubang in the province of Laguna and Catholic theology at the Salesian College in Parañaque City . After his perpetual profession, he received the sacrament of ordination on December 8, 1999 in the Marian shrine Mary Help of Christians in Manila .

After ordination, he worked as pastor and headmaster in the Kerema diocese until 2010. He then headed the technical school in the Gabutu district in Port Moresby until 2013 . From 2014 to 2016 he was delegated superior and from 2016 Vice Provincial of the newly established Salesian Province for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands .

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Kerema on January 20, 2017. He was ordained episcopal on March 25th of the same year by the Archbishop of Port Moresby , John Cardinal Ribat MSC . Co -consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea, Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal , and the Archbishop of Rabaul , Francesco Panfilo .

Web links

Entry for Pedro Baquero on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nomina del Vescovo di Kerema (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 20, 2017, accessed January 20, 2017 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Baquero, Pedro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Filipino religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerema
DATE OF BIRTH	September 15, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manila

[Bulletin-1] Nomina del Vescovo di Kerema (Papua Nuova Guinea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 20, 2017, accessed January 20, 2017 (Italian).