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Arturo Mandin Bastes (April 1, 1944 – October 20, 2024) was a Filipino Catholic
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who served as Bishop of Sorsogon from 2003 to 2019.


Ministry

He was first ordained a priest of
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(SVD) on November 28, 1970, in
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. Pope John Paul II appointed him
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on July 3, 1997. His
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was on August 21, 1997, in
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. The pope nominated him
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in the Diocese of Sorsogon on July 25, 2002. On April 17, 2003 (
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), he succeeded as Bishop of Sorsogon. He also served as chairman and president of the Philippine Bible Society in 2008. In 2016, Bishop Bastes initiated the launch of a campaign in a bid to allot 20% of government resources to an anti-poverty fund or Serendipity fund, according to the CBCP.


Later life and death

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accepted his retirement as Bishop of Sorsogon on October 15, 2019, and appointed as his Jose Alan Dialogo successor. Bastes died on October 20, 2024, at the age of 80.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bastes, Arturo 1944 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Roman Catholic bishops of Romblon Roman Catholic bishops of Sorsogon Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II