MANILA/PORT
MORESBY: 17 December
2013
-- The news is already widespread in the social
media
scene. The
Rector Major with his Council has appointed two new Superiors
in the
EAO Region amidst a flurry of new Provincial appointments
taking place
in the final session of the current General Council which is
itself
likely to undergo significant restructuring in the forthcoming
GC27.
The two new EAO appointments are Fr Anthony Paul Bicomong, who
will
replace Fr Eli Cruz as Provincial of the Philippines North
Province
(FIN), and Fr Peter (Pedro) Baquero, who will replace Fr
Rafael Galve
as the Delegate for Papua New Guinea-Solomon Islands, a
delegation that
exists under FIN.
FR ANTHONY PAUL
BICOMONG
Fr Anthony Paul Bicomong, 50 years of age, is from Metro
Manila (Quezon
City) and has spent all his years in the Province. He made his
first
profession in 1983 and was ordained at Parañaque in
1992. His early
post-ordination years were spent in the formation community at
Canlubang, where he was appointed as economer in 1996, a role
he held
until 2002, when he was appointed Rector at Quezon City. He
was brought
to Makati a year later to be Economer at Don Bosco Technical
Institute
where he has also been Vice Rector and is now the Rector. He
has been a
member of the Provincial Administration Team since 2011.
FR PETER (PEDRO Jr)
BAQUERO
Fr Peter (Pedro Junior) Baquero, not to be confused with a
well-known
Spanish soccer player (!) is 43 years of age. Also
Manila-born, Fr
Peter made his first profession at Bacolod, Granada in 1990
and was
ordained priest at Parañaque in 1999. After his
postnovitiate he went
to Papua New Guinea where he was at Badili, Gabutu for a year
and then
'out in the sticks' at Araimiri for a year before returning to
the
Philippines for further studies.
After the turn of the millennium he was back in PNG once more,
at
Araimiri and Lariau, holding down roles such as Parish Priest
and
Rector, Principal (Araimiri) and Economer. In 2011 he moved to
Badili,
Gabutu, where he had started out, and has been there since,
most
recently as Rector. He has been on the Delegation Council
since 2011.
