Paciano Basilio Aniceto, (born March 9, 1937) is a Filipino

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Archbishop Emeritus of the

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. He was the third prelate to head the Archdiocese, which is located in

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Biography

Aniceto was born on March 9, 1937 in the old town of

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. He was

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a priest on December 23, 1962. He served various

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es under the Diocese of San Fernando (elevated to an Archdiocese on March 17, 1975 by

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.) He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of

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and

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on April 7, 1979. He was consecrated as a Bishop on May 27, 1979. His principal consecrator was

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and his principal co-consecrators were

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and Eduardo Cardinal Martinez Somalo. On October 20, 1983, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of

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and served as Bishop for 5 years. Then on January 31, 1989 he was elevated to the Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese of San Fernando as Archbishop, succeeding Archbishop

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. On July 25, 2014,

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named Iba Bishop

Florentino Lavarias Florentino Galang Lavarias is a Filipino bishop of the Catholic church. He is the fourth and current archbishop of San Fernando. He succeeded Paciano Aniceto as the Archbishop of San Fernando. He had previously served as the fourth Bishop of ...

as Archbishop of San Fernando, Pampanga, succeeding Aniceto, who resigned on reaching the age limit.

References

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