Protacio Gungon

Protacio G. Gungon (born June 19, 1925 in Santa Maria ; † April 26, 2014 ) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Antipolo .

Life

Protacio Gungon studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila (1946–1952) and sociology at Fordham University in New York City (1955–1957). He was ordained a priest on March 29, 1952 and served in the Archdiocese of Manila . From 1978 to 1980 he was the principal of the San Carlos Seminary .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on July 8, 1977 auxiliary bishop in Manila and titular bishop of Obba . The Apostolic Nuncio of the Philippines , Bruno Torpigliani , donated him episcopal ordination on August 24 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Amado Paulino y Hernandez , Auxiliary Bishop in Manila, Oscar V. Cruz , Auxiliary Bishop in Manila, Ricardo Jamin Vidal , Archbishop of Lipa , and Pedro Bantigue y Natividad , Bishop of San Pablo .

On January 24, 1983, he was appointed the first bishop of Antipolo by Pope John Paul II . In 1993 he carried out the first diocesan synod. He was chairman of the Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and a member of the Episcopal Commission for National Social Action of the Philippine Bishops' Conference.

On October 18, 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

Web links

• Entry on Protacio Gungon on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 28, 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry at cbcponline.net ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Homepage of the Philippine Bishops' Conference, accessed April 29, 2014 

predecessor	Office	successor
---	Bishop of Antipolo 1983-2001	Crisostomo A. Yalung