Patricio Abella Buzon (born 14 March 1950) is a

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of the

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in the

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. He is the current Bishop of Bacolod in

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. His previous appointment was as the Bishop of Kabankalan.

Early life

Buzon was born in

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...

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on 14 March 1950. He attended Don Bosco Academy in

San Fernando, Pampanga San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando ( pam, Lakanbalen ning Sampernandu; fil, Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, ...

for his

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education, and the Don Bosco College Seminary in Canlubang, Pampanga, where he earned a

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in Industrial Education, majoring in Electricity. He completed his

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degree from the

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Ministry

He served as spiritual moderator of the Don Bosco Missionary Seminary in

Talisay, Cebu Talisay, officially the City of Talisay ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Talisay; fil, Lungsod ng Talisay), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 263,048 people. The name of ...

from 1977 until 1982. In 2003, he was ordained as Bishop of the Diocese of Kabankalan. He was appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Bacolod on 24 May 2016.

References

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