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Ryan Pagente Jimenez (born December 18, 1971) is a Filipino-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as the second bishop of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the Northern Mariana Islands since 2016


Biography


Early life

Ryan Jimenez was born in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Republic of the Philippines on December 18, 1971. He attended high school at Saint Joseph Seminary in
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, Negros Oriental (near Dumaguete). After a teaching interlude, he enrolled at the San Jose Major Seminary on the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, where he studied philosophy. From 1995 to 1997, Jimenez taught at a small Catholic school, Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja, on the island of
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in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This solidified his desire to become a priest for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, and he went on to the major seminary in Manila. Jimenez completed his priestly studies with a master's degree in 2003 at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. On June 8, 2003, Jimenez was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa by Bishop Tomas Aguon Camacho on
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Bishop of Chalan Kanoa

Pope Francis appointed Jimenez as bishop for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa on June 24, 2016. On August 14, 2016, he was consecrated as a bishop by Archbishop
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See also

* Catholic Church hierarchy * Catholic Church in the United States * Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States * List of Catholic bishops of the United States * Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops


References


External links


Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Official Site
1971 births Living people People from Dumaguete Filipino Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Oceania Roman Catholic bishops of Chalan Kanoa {{Oceania-RC-bishop-stub