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John Florentine Leonzon Teruel (July 25, 1950 – January 19, 2021) was the first Patriarch and the founding bishop of the Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC). He was an educator, a philanthropist, civic leader.
Teruel was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church. After his consecration as Patriarch, he then ordained several men in the Philippines and America to become priests and deacons.
Teruel was appointed as chairman of the National Social Action Council (NASAC) in 2013, an advisory body under the Office of the President of the Philippines. He also supported the
Biography
Early life
John Florentine Teruel was born in Malate, Manila to Jose Benedicto Teruel and Maria Virginia P. Leonzon.Education and early religious service
John Florentine received his Doctor of Philosophy Major in Educational Management in 2002 at the Philippine College of Health and Science. John Florentine Teruel was a Seminarian at San Jose Major Seminary. He also entered the Blessed Sacrament Seminary (S.S.S. Fathers), Our Lady of Angeles Seminary (OFM Fathers) and San Jose Major Seminary.Consecration as first Patriarch
Teruel was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church. After his consecration as Patriarch, he then ordained several men in the Philippines and America to become priests and deacons.
Teruel was appointed as chairman of the National Social Action Council (NASAC) in 2013, an advisory body under the Office of the President of the Philippines. He also supported the Rotary Club
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and the Unification Movement. He was also involved in the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, of which the ACC is a member.
Teruel has been credited for all of his initiations on ecumenical missions, during his time as a Patriarch, with various churches throughout the Philippines and North America that has achieved ecumenism with 35 churches.
Before his death on January 19, 2021, he had served as the church's Pontifical Presbyter for three decades. After his death, he was succeeded by his long time Chancellor, Senior Archbishop Juan Almario
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Canonization
The Apostolic Catholic Church canonized John Florentine as asaint
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by his successor Patriarch Juan Almario on August 1, 2021 at the National Shrine of Ina Poon Bato in Quezon City.
References
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