Ryan Pagente Jimenez (born December 18, 1971) is a Filipino-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as the second bishop of the
Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the
Northern Mariana Islands since 2016
Biography
Early life
Ryan Jimenez was born in Dumaguete,
Negros Oriental
Negros Oriental ( ceb, Sidlakang Negros; tl, Silangang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Oriental, is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Dumaguete. It occupies the southeas ...
, Republic of the Philippines on December 18, 1971.
He attended high school at Saint Joseph Seminary in
Sibulan, Negros Oriental (near Dumaguete).
After a teaching interlude, he enrolled at the San Jose Major Seminary on the campus of the
Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
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where he studied philosophy.
From 1995 to 1997, Jimenez taught at a small Catholic school, Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja, on the island of
Rota
Rota or ROTA may refer to:
Places
* Rota (island), in the Marianas archipelago
* Rota (volcano), in Nicaragua
* Rota, Andalusia, a town in Andalusia, Spain
* Naval Station Rota, Spain
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* Rota (surname), a surname (including a list of peop ...
in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This solidified his desire to become a priest for the Diocese of
Chalan Kanoa, and he went on to the major seminary in
Manila
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. Jimenez completed his priestly studies with a master's degree in 2003 at
St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California.
On June 8, 2003, Jimenez was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa by Bishop
Tomas Aguon Camacho
Tomas Aguon Camacho (September 18, 1933 – March 5, 2018) was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the Northern Mariana Islands. He served for 25 years as bishop from 1985 until his retirement in 2010.
Biography ...
on
Saipan
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Bishop of Chalan Kanoa
Pope Francis
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appointed Jimenez as bishop for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa on June 24, 2016.
On August 14, 2016, he was consecrated as a bishop by Archbishop
Savio Tai Fai Hon
Savio Hon Tai-fai SDB (; born 21 October 1950) is a Roman Catholic archbishop who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He served as secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2010 to 2017. Before that he ...
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See also
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Catholic Church hierarchy
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Catholic Church in the United States
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Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
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List of Catholic bishops of the United States
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Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa Official Site
1971 births
Living people
People from Dumaguete
Filipino Roman Catholic bishops
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Oceania
Roman Catholic bishops of Chalan Kanoa
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