Leo Murphy Drona (born October 18, 1941) is the bishop emeritus of San Pablo in the

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Biography

Drona was born on October 18, 1941 in

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. He spent his elementary years at Thomas Earnshaw Elementary School, and spent his high school years at Don Bosco Technical Institute in

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. He spent his seminary training at Salesian Seminary College at

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, where he earned PhB. He was ordained to the priesthood on December 22, 1967. He obtained his

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in 1968 from the Universita Pontificia Salesiana in Rome. He was appointed as dean of College of Don Bosco College Seminary in

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from 1968 to 1973, then was appointed as rector of the same seminary from 1974 to 1981, and then appointed as vice-provincial superior of SDB Provincial Office in

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from 1981 to 1987. On July 25, 1987, he was consecrated as bishop. He served as Bishop of San Jose, Philippines, from 1987 to 2004. He succeeded

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in 2004, becoming the third

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of the

Diocese of San Pablo The Diocese of San Pablo (Latin: ''Dioecesis Sancti Pauli in Insulis Philippinis'', Filipino: Diyosesis ng San Pablo, Spanish: ''Diócesis de San Pablo'') is a Roman Catholic diocese which is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila. Its patron sa ...

and the first native of Laguna to serve that post. On January 25, 2013, Pope

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accepted the early retirement of Drona from the pastoral duties in the

and appointed Bishop Buenaventura Famadico as his successor.

References

Diocese of San Pablo, Philippines

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