Vatican names fifth Filipino bishop in US aleteia.org
Another Filipino priest will be taking up greater duties in the US, as Pope Francis has named Father Reynaldo Bersabal as an auxiliary bishop of Sacramento, California, serving under Bishop Jaime Soto.
Bishop-elect Bersabal will become the fifth US prelate who is a native of the Philippines, after Auxiliary Bishop Efren Esmilla was installed in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in December 2023.
Born in Magsaysay, in the southern Philippine province of Misamis Oriental, Bishop-elect Bersabal, 59, was ordained in 1991 for the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.
In his time as a priest there, he served as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Snows parish; parish administrator at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish; and parish priest at St. Francis Xavier parish.,,
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