Honesto Ongtioco
Honesto F. Ongtioco | |
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| Bishop of Cubao | |
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| Province | Cubao |
| See | Cubao |
| Installed | 28 August 2003 |
| Predecessor | First Bishop of Cubao |
| Successor | incumbent |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Balanga |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 December 1972 |
| Consecration | 18 August 2003 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1948 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Alma mater | San Jose Seminary Ateneo De Manila University |
| Motto | MAIOR AUTEM CARITAS |
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| Styles of Honesto F. Ongtioco | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Honesto Flores Ongtioco (born 17 October 1948) is the current Bishop of Cubao. He was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 8, 1972 at the province's Cathedral of the Assumption and was ordained bishop in the same church on June 18, 1998. He was invested as honorary prelate in March 21, 1992. On April 8, 1998 he was appointed second diocesan bishop of Balanga, Bataan province by Pope John Paul II. He was appointed the first bishop of Cubao on June 28, 2003 and was installed on Aug. 28 of the same year.[1]
Education and Seminary training
He attended elementary at the St. Scholastica's Academy (1954-1958) and Don Bosco Academy (1958-1960). He studied high school still at Don Bosco Academy (1960-1964). He had seminary training at San Jose Seminary in Quezon City (1964-1967). He took up philosophy at the Jesuits' Ateneo de Manila University in the same city (1967-1969) and theology at the Loyola School of Theology (1969-1973) in the university compound.