Note: This is an English translation of the original Spanish article posted on the official website of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (www.agustinosrecoletos.com) The new Augustinian Recollect Bishop will be ordained at the Aldo Cantoni stadium, in San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), with the presence of dozens of bishops and the Catholic community. ARGENTINA–The Augustinian…
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Bacolod City, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL—Fray Leopoldo Estioko, OAR, Prior of Recoletos de Cebu, was given an award as Distinguished Alumnus by Negros Occidental High School. This took place during the NOHS 59th Grand Alumni Homecoming last April 27, 2019. Fray Estioko belongs to Class 69 and their batch celebrated their Golden Anniversary. To open the celebration…
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CEBU CITY–The Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Most Rev. Dennis Villarojo,DD, was appointed by His Holiness Pope Francis as the new bishop of the Diocese of Malolos. He is now the fifth bishop who will shepherd the flock of the Diocese of Malolos that comprises the whole Province of Bulacan and the City of Valenzuela. The…
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Provincial Curia, Quezon City–On April 24, 2019, feast of the Conversion of our father St. Augustine, two Augustinian Recollect friars celebrated their silver anniversary as religious. Fray Jonathan Caballero, OAR, Parish Priest of San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish in Quezon City, and Fray Amado Emmanuel Bolilia, OAR, Provincial Councillor and Assistant Parish Priest of the…
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ARGENTINA— As the whole Church celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord on Easter Sunday, April 22, 2019, Pope Francis named the new Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina in the person of Fray Carlos María Domínguez, OAR. Fray Carlos is currently the Vicar Provincial of Spain under the Province of…
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CEBU CITY—The 7th Provincial Chapter has spoken today, re-electing Fray Dionisio Selma as the Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno. Thirty-six hours earlier, the results of the canvassing for the Prior Provincial was published and Fray Selma led the ternary with a wide margin of confidence from among the 146 voting religious of…
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Fr. Ángel Martínez Cuesta, OAR, is a historian renowned not only in the bosom of the Augustinian Recollect Family but also in church historians’ circles in the Philippines and in the Spanish-speaking world. He was born in Brullés in the Spanish province of Burgos on 26 September 1938 to a big family. A few days after his birth, his elder…
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