MANILA, Philippines -- Pope Benedict XVI has named a Boholano the new bishop of the Diocese of Borongan, which covers Eastern Samar.
Fr. Crispin Varquez succeeds Bishop Leonardo Medroso, who was assigned to the Diocese of Tagbilaran in October 2006.
Varquez is the outgoing vicar general in the Borongan diocese and curate of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.
Varquez’s appointment was announced by the Vatican at noon Saturday, Rome time. It was announced simultaneously in Manila by Msgr. Wojciech Zalsuki, charge d’affaires of the apostolic nunciature.
Varquez was born in Sevilla, Bohol. He studied philosophy at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Tagbilaran and Theology at St. Augustine Major Seminary in Tagaytay City.
