Angelito Lampon

His Excellency Angelito Lampon OMI
Metropolitan Archbishop of Cotabato
Archdiocese	Cotabato
Appointed	6 November 2018
Installed	31 January 2019
Predecessor	Orlando Quevedo
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Vicar of Jolo (1997-2018)
Orders
Ordination	1 April 1977
Consecration	6 January 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born	(1950-03-01) 1 March 1950 (age 74) M'lang, Cotabato
Nationality	Filipino
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	"Accipe Oblationem Meam" ("Accept, Lord, my offering")
Coat of arms

Styles of Angelito Rendon Lampon
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Angelito Rendon Lampon (born 1 March 1950) is a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Cotabato since 2019. He was Apostolic Vicar of Jolo from 1997 to 2018.

Biography

He was born on 1 March 1950 in M'Lang, Cotabato. He studied in local schools until 1962 and then at the novitiate in Tamontaka for four years. He studied philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University in 1968–69 and theology first in Quezon City in 1969–71 and then at the Loyola School of Theology from 1972 to 1977.^[1]

He was ordained a priest there on 26 March 1977 as a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) on March 26, 1977.^[1]

He was a parish priest in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat and at the Cathedral of Cotabato (1977-1978). He then worked as a staff member of the Notre Dame Archdiocesan Seminary (1979-1981). Within the Oblates he was director of Postulants and Scholastics from 1988 to 1992, Provincial Superior of the Philippine Province from 1988 to 1992, and General Counsellor at their general administration in Rome from 1992 to 1997.^[2]

On 21 November 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Valliposita and Apostolic Vicar of Jolo, succeeding Bishop Benjamin de Jesus who was assassinated on February 4 of that year.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration in Rome from John Paul on 6 January 1998.^[3]

Within the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, Lampon headed the Commission on Interreligious Dialogue from 2011 to 2017. He then chaired its Commission on Ecumenical Affairs.^[2]

On 27 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named him a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.^[4]

On 11 November 2018, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Cotabato succeeding Cardinal Orlando Quevedo who retired five days earlier.^[2][5] He was installed there on 31 January 2019.^[6]

References

1. "Most Rev. Angelito R. Lampon, OMI, D.D." Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
2. "Bishop Angelito Lampon of Jolo is the new archbishop of Cotabato". Manila Bulletin. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Homily of John Paul II, 6 January 1998, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 6 January 1998, retrieved 11 April 2019
4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.10.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
5. "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.11.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
6. Cabrera, Ferdinandh (31 January 2019). "New Mindanao prelate installed amid security threats". Union of Catholic Asian News. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

External links

• "Most Rev. Angelito R. Lampon, OMI, D.D." Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Benjamin de Jesus	Apostolic Vicar of Jolo 1997 – 2018	Succeeded by Charile M.Inzon
Preceded by Orlando Quevedo	Archbishop of Cotabato 2019 – present	Incumbent