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Bishop Isabelo Caiban Abarquez

Bishop of Calbayog

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Born
Jul 8, 1956 Dumanjug, Cebu, Philippines
Nationality
Philippines
Ordained priest
Jun 23, 1987 Cardinal Rosales Pastoral Center, Philippines
Ordained bishop
Feb 18, 2003 Cebu, Philippines
Appointed
Mar 8, 2007
Principal consecrator
Ricardo Jamin Vidal
Co-consecrators
John Forrosuelo Du Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak

Bishop Isabelo Caiban Abarquez, Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines, was born on 8 July 1956 in Panlaan, Dumanjug, Cebu. After elementary and secondary studies, he studied philosophy and theology at San Carlos Seminary in Cebu. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Cebu on 23 June 1987. He then held the following offices: member of the Archdiocesan Mission Team in Cebu from 1987 to 1988; professor at Pope John XXIII Minor Seminary from 1988 to 1991; professor at San Carlos College Seminary in Cebu from 1991 to 1997; spiritual director of the Padre Pio Contemplative Community in Cebu from 1998; and rector of San Carlos College Seminary in Cebu from 1998. The official CBCP Online profile lists his episcopate as 18 February 2003.