Ordination, installation dates set for new Boac bishop

Fr. Edwin Panergo, appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new bishop of Boac, will officially assume his new role in December.

Bishop-elect Panergo will be ordained to the episcopate in a Mass at St. Ferdinand Cathedral in Lucena City at 9 a.m. on Dec. 1.

His installation will follow at Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Boac, Marinduque, at 9 a.m. on Dec. 2.

“Let us join in prayer and thanksgiving for this grace-filled moment in the life of the Church,” the Boac diocese said.

The Vatican announced Panergo’s appointment on Oct. 4. He will become the fifth bishop of Boac, succeeding Bishop Marcelino Antonio Maralit Jr., who has served as bishop of San Pablo in Laguna province since November 2024.

Panergo was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lucena in 1997.

He holds a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from St. Louis University in Baguio City and a licentiate in sacred theology from Notre Dame de Vie in Venasque, France.

At the time of his appointment, he was serving as rector of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seminary in Sariaya, Quezon, and director of the diocese’s Commission on Vocation. (CBCP News)

A version of this article was first published by CBCP News.