David William Valencia Antonio (born 29 December 1963) is a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Bishop of the

Diocese of Ilagan The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan (Lat: ''Dioecesis Ilaganensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It was erected on 31 January 1970 from territory of the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuguegarao a ...

in Isabela and the concurrent Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro.

Biography

David William Valencia Antonio was born in Nagtupacan,

Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur Santo Domingo, officially the Municipality of Santo Domingo ( ilo, Ili ti Santo Domingo; fil, Bayan ng Santo Domingo), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2 ...

, on 29 December 1963. He attended philosophy classes at San Pablo Seminary in

Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

, and theology courses at Immaculate Conception School of Theology in

Vigan Vigan, officially the City of Vigan ( ilo, Siudad ti Vigan; fil, Lungsod ng Vigan), is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,935 people. Loc ...

. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

a priest on 1 December 1988, in the

Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It covers the province of Ilocos Sur, on the island of Luzon. The see of the archdiocese is the city of Vigan.Doctorate of Sacred Theology The Doctor of Sacred Theology ( la, Sacrae Theologiae Doctor, abbreviated STD), also sometimes known as Professor of Sacred Theology (, abbreviated STP), is the final theological degree in the pontifical university system of the Roman Catholic ...

from

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in 1999. After some years as professor at the Immaculate Conception School of Theology, he was appointed dean of studies in 1993, and then

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

of the same seminary. In 2005, he became parish priest in

Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur Santa Lucia, officially the Municipality of Santa Lucia ( ilo, Ili ti Santa Lucia; fil, Bayan ng Santa Lucia), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,966 peo ...

, and later

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of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. On 15 June 2011,

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia and

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Basti. He was consecrated bishop on 26 August 2011 by

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, then the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. Co-consecrators were

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, the Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, and Orlando Beltrán Quevedo, the present

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- Archbishop of Cotabato. On 21 November 2015,

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named him Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San José in Mindoro. On 14 November 2018,

made him the Bishop of Ilagan in Isabela.

References

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