Ruben Labajo
Ruben C. Labajo | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bishop of Prosperidad | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Province | Cagayan de Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| See | Prosperidad | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | October 15, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | January 28, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu (2022–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | June 10, 1994 by Ricardo Vidal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | August 19, 2022 by Jose Serofia Palma | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Ruben Caballero Labajo September 24, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | San Carlos Seminary College (BA), Seminaryo Mayor de San Carlos (MA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | Humiliter Ambulare Coram Deo (To walk humbly before God) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coat of arms | .svg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Ruben Caballero Labajo (born September 24, 1966) is a Filipino Catholic prelate who previously served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cebu from 2022 to 2025. He is currently, and the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Prosperidad.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born on September 24, 1966, in Talisay, Cebu, Philippines, to Bienvenido and Violeta Labajo. Labajo spent his formation years as a seminarian at the San Carlos Seminary College, where he obtained his degree in Philosophy. He then continued his theological studies at the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos, where he obtained his master's degree in philosophy.[2]
Ministry
[edit]Priesthood
[edit]Labajo was ordained a priest on June 10, 1994, at the Lady of Guadalupe Parish at Talisay, by the former and late Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal.[1]
His first assignment was as a Parochial Vicar in Mandaue City, where he spent the first two years of his vocation. In 1997, he was assigned as a Parish Priest in Santa Fe Parish, in Bantayan Island, where he served until 2006. In 2007, Labajo's next assignment was as a Team Moderator at the St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Tabunok, Talisay until 2014.[3]
Between 2014 and 2017, Labajo served on another post as a Moderator of Team of Pastors at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. In 2017, he became the Episcopal Vicar of the First District of Metropolitan Cebu, and became a member of the diocese's presbyteral council.[4]
Before Labajo became the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cebu in 2019, he also held another post as the Vicar Forane of the Vicariate of the Most Holy Rosary, where he served for five years from 2014 to 2019.[5]
Episcopate
[edit]Pope Francis appointed Labajo as the Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu on June 23, 2022. He was also assigned a Titular see at Abbir Maius.[6] He was consecrated on August 19, 2022, by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, with the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Charles John Brown, and Malolos Bishop Dennis Villarojo acting as co-consecrators. Villarojo was also ordained together with Labajo in 1994.
On October 15, 2024, Pope Francis appointed Labajo as the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Prosperidad, which was carved out of the Diocese of Butuan.[7] On January 28, 2025, the feast day of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Labajo was formally installed as the Bishop of Prosperidad at the Saint Michael the Archangel Cathedral in Prosperidad.[8]
Coat of arms
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Coat of arms as Auxiliary Bishop
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bishop Ruben Caballero Labajo [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ Sabalo, Wenilyn (August 19, 2022). "Archdiocese of Cebu welcomes second auxiliary bishop". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "New Cebu auxiliary bishop to faithful: Pray for me". SunStar Publishing Inc. August 19, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
- ^ CBCP News (June 23, 2022). "Pope Francis names auxiliary bishop of Cebu". CBCP News. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
- ^ "Ex-Cathedral parish priest now vicar general". SunStar Publishing Inc. December 28, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "Cebu's new auxiliary bishop to be ordained Aug. 19". August 16, 2022.
- ^ Tenedero, Erik (October 15, 2024). "Pope Francis establishes new PH diocese, names Cebu prelate as first bishop". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
- ^ Panganiban, Chris (January 28, 2025). "Bishop Labajo installed prelate of new Catholic diocese in Mindanao". Inquirer.net. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
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