Pope Benedict has appointed a chemical engineer as bishop of Malaybalay, Bukidnon province in Mindanao, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has announced. An article on the CBCP news site said new Malaybalay Bishop Jose Araneta-Cabantan has a degree in chemical engineering before he entered the seminary as a “late bloomer”, GMA News TV reports.
“I felt humbled by the appointment,” he said. No date had been set for his installation, the CBCP said.
Cabantan will succeed Bishop Honesto Pacana, who resigned upon reaching the age of 75. Pacana is now 77 years old.
The CBCP said Cabantan is a chemical engineer by profession before he entered the seminary in Cagayan de Oro City in 1983.
Cabantan took a “late vocation” after taking his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at the Cebu Institute of Technology and graduated in 1979.
Upon graduation he went home to teach Chemistry at the RVM-run St. John the Baptist High School.
After passing the board exams, he worked for Nonoc Mining in Surigao City.
Realizing his vocation for the priesthood, he entered the San Jose de Mindanao College Seminary in Cagayan de Oro City in 1983.
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