Ephraim Fajutagana

Most Reverend Ephraim Fajutagana y Servañez
Installed	10 May 2011
Term ended	Incumbent
Predecessor	Godofredo David
Successor	Incumbent
Previous post(s)	General Secretary (2005)
Orders
Ordination	1977
Consecration	July 2002
Personal details
Born	Ephraim Fajutagana Odiongan, Romblon, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Residence	Manila
Parents	Angel Fajutagana y Forca and Felicidad Servañez y Formon

Styles of Ephraim Fajutagana
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Religious style	Obispo Máximo

Ephraim Fajutagana y Servañez is the current Obispo Máximo or Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church. Delegates to the 12th Triennial General Assembly of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente voted unanimously into office as Obispo Máximo the former General Secretary, the Rt. Rev. Ephraim S. Fajutagana, on 10 May 2011. Bishop Fajutagana, from the Diocese of Romblon and Mindoros, bested two aspirants from Mindanao, Bishop Rhee Timbang (Diocese of Surigao) and Bishop Felixberto Calang (Diocese of Misamis Occidental, Bukidnon and Camiguin). Supreme Bishop Fajutagana has been in ministry since 1977, having served the Iglesia Filipina Independiente for a total of some thirty four (34) years before his election to the highest office of the Church. He was ordained to the priesthood the same year after graduating from Saint Andrew’s Theological Seminary where he obtained his Bachelor of Theology degree. Bishop Fajutagana was consecrated to the episcopate in July 2002 and served the Diocese of Cavite as Diocesan Bishop until his election as General Secretary in May 2005.

Ephraim is the 12th Obispo Máximo of the Church that goes back from its first and founder Gregorio Aglipay.

Ancestry

Family of Ephraim Fajutagana