Ricardo Baccay Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Ricardo Lingan Baccay
Archbishop of Tuguegarao
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Tuguegarao, Philippines
Appointed:October 18, 2019
Enthroned:January 14, 2020
Predecessor:Sergio Utleg
Successor:incumbent
Ordination:April 10, 1987
Ordained By:Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan
Consecration:April 10, 2007
Consecrated By:Fernando Filoni
Birth Date:3 April 1961
Birth Place:Tuguegarao
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Ricardo Lingan Baccay (born April 3, 1961) is the fourth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.[1]

Biography

Ricardo Lingan Baccay was born in Tuguegarao on April 3, 1961. He attended the secondary schools at the San Jacinto seminary and did his studies in philosophy and theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He was subsequently awarded a Master of Arts at the Lyceum of Aparri and a doctorate in educational management from the University of Manila. He was ordained a priest together with Bishop Danilo Ulep of Batanes on April 10, 1987, by Archbishop Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan.[2]

On February 3, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Tuguegarao and Titular Bishop of Gabala. He was consecrated bishop on April 10, 2007, by Fernando Filoni, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. Co-consecrators were Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan, Archbishop of Tuguegarao; and Sergio Lasam Utleg, Bishop of Laoag.[3]

On February 20, 2016, Pope Francis appointed him as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Alaminos in Pangasinan. After three years, on October 18, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him as the Fourth Archbishop of Tuguegarao in Cagayan following the resignation of Archbishop Sergio Utleg and returning him to the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuguegarao.[1] He was installed on January 14, 2020, and received the pallium, a symbol of authority as metropolitan archbishop, exactly a year later.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pope appoints three bishops in Asia - Vatican News. 2019-10-18. www.vaticannews.va. en. 2019-10-19.
  2. Web site: Rinunce e nomine. press.vatican.va. 2019-11-19.
  3. Web site: Diocese of Alaminos set to install new bishop. Dullana. Raymon. Rappler. 16 March 2016 . en. 2019-10-19.
  4. News: Archbishop Baccay of Tuguegarao receives sacred pallium . CBCP News . January 14, 2021 . March 19, 2024.