Pope’s 1st Pinoy Appointee Is Bishop of Infanta

Pope’s 1st Pinoy appointee is bishop of Infanta

Pope Leo XIV has made his first appointment for the Philippines, designating Fr. Dave Dean Capucao bishop of the Prelature of Infanta in Quezon province.

Pope Leo XIV’s first Filipino appointment is new Infanta bishop

MANILA, Philippines – Pope Leo XIV made his first Filipino appointment by naming Father Dave Dean Capucao, a Bicolano priest, as the new bishop of the Prelature of Infanta.  Capucao, 59, is set to replace Bishop Bernardino Cortez, the Vatican announced on Friday, May 16. Cortez had reached the bishops’ mandatory retirement age of 75 in July 2024. The Infanta bishop-elect has been the rector of Saint Joseph Formation House in Quezon City, a semin…

Vatican announces Pope Leo XIV's first Filipino appointment

The new bishop for the Prelature of Infanta is the first Filipino appointee of Pope Leo XIV, according to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News.

Pope Leo XIV names new Infanta prelate in first Filipino appointment

Bishop-elect Dave Capucao of Infanta. PHOTO BY SAINT JOSEPH FORMATION HOUSE By Roy Lagarde May 16, 2025 Vatican Pope Leo XIV on Friday made his first appointment of a Filipino bishop, naming Fr. Dave Dean Capucao as the new shepherd of the Prelature of Infanta. Capucao, 59*, will be the f…