On Oct. 22, 1960 Pope John XXIII created the Diocese of Borongan, installing Most Reverend Vicente Reyes, D.D., then, the Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, as the First Residential Bishop of Borongan. On ...
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Bishop reiterates call to end mining
Bishop Crispin Varquez of the Diocese of Borongan reiterated his call for the national government to end the mining activities on the historic island of Homonhon in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. "I am ...
TACLOBAN CITY — The Diocese of Borongan in Eastern Samar is mourning the passing of one of its priests who died in a vehicular accident at the national road of Barangay Naubay, Llorente ...
Boos and jeers accompanied lawyer Salvador Medialdea's claim his client's transfer to The Hague was... Stolen pulpit panels returned to Philippine Catholic church The early 19th-century panels ...