NEWLY-APPOINTED Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Ruben Labajo asked the faithful for prayers as he assumed his new position and described his mission as a gift that is meant to be shared.
“Please pray for me. Include me in
your daily prayers. It is only in Him that I can survive. Give me all your
support and prayers,” he said, adding he is overwhelmed and humbled to be
appointed to the episcopate by Pope Francis.
Labajo said it is challenging to be
a bishop, but on the other hand, Archbishop Jose Palma described Labajo's
appointment as a “moment of grace.”
The Cebu archbishop will now have
two auxiliary bishops - Labajo and Bishop Midyphil Billones -who will help him
in the episcopal shepherding of the archdiocese.
Pope Francis named the 55-year old Labajo - who has been serving
as Vicar General of the archdiocese since 2020 - as auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Cebu recently.
Labojo, a native of Cebu, was born on September 24, 1966
in Talisay City and completed his Philosophy and Theology studies at the San
Carlos Seminary College in Cebu City. On June 10, 1994, he was ordained priest
for the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu.
Among the positions he held were: Parish vicar in
Mandaue City (1995-1997); Pastor of Santa Fe Parish, Bantayan, Cebu; Moderator
of Tabunok Parish, Talisay City (2007-2014); Moderator of the Metropolitan
Cathedral of Cebu, Member of the Staff Council of the Archdiocese; Vicar
Foraneo of the Vicariate of the Most Holy Rosary (2014-2019).
Labajo also became a member of the Council of
Consultors, Episcopal Vicar of the 1st District and member of the Presbyteral
Council in 2017. In 2020, he was appointed vicar general and moderator of the
St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Balamban. (Ferdinand Patinio)
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