Angel Tec-i Hobayan (December 11, 1929 – March 11, 2023) was a Filipino

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of the

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. He was the first Bishop of Catarman from 1974 to 2005.

Ministry

Priesthood

Hobayan received the Sacrament of Holy Orders for the Diocese of Calbayog on March 25, 1955. On October 22, 1960, he was ordinated into the clergy of the newly formed Borongan Diocese. He later served as Vicar General of the Diocese of Borongan and Regent of the Jesus Nazareno Seminary in

Borongan Borongan, officially the City of Borongan ( Waray: ''Siyudad han Borongan''; fil, Lungsod ng Borongan), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...

. From 1968 to 1969, Hobayan led the Diocese of Borongan during the vacancy of the Sede as Capitular Vicar.

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

awarded him the papal honorary title of Apostolic Protonotary on June 28, 1974.

Bishop

On December 12, 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the first bishop of Catarman. The Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani, ordained him as a bishop on March 5, 1975, in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Borongan; Co-consecrators were the Godofredo Pedernal Pisig, Bishop of Borongan, and Ricardo Pido Tancinco, Bishop of Calbayog. Hobayan chose the motto Caritas justitiaque Christi (“The charity and justice of Christ”). The inauguration took place on March 11, 1975.

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

accepted his retirement on March 10, 2005.

Death

Hobayan died at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in

San Juan, Metro Manila San Juan, officially the City of San Juan ( fil, Lungsod ng San Juan), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 126,347 people. It is geographica ...

, on March 11, 2023. He was 93.

References

External links

Angel Hobayan at Catholic Hierarchy
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