The Most Reverend Francisco C. San Diego D.D., J.C.L. |
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Bishop Emeritus of Pasig | |
See | Pasig |
In office | August 21, 2003 - December 21, 2010 |
Successor | Mylo Hubert C. Vergara |
Orders | |
Ordination | December 21, 1963 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Obando, Bulacan |
October 10, 1935
Died | August 26, 2015 Cardinal Santos Hospital |
(aged 79)
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Previous post | Bishop of San Pablo |
Styles of Francisco San Diego |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Posthumous style | not applicable |
Francisco Capiral San Diego, D.D., J.C.L. (October 10, 1935 – August 26, 2015) was the Bishop-Emeritus of the Diocese of Pasig, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Manila in the Metro Manila region of the Philippines.
Francisco Capiral San Diego was born October 10, 1935, at Lawa, Obando, Bulacan. He spent his elementary years at Obando Elementary School, and was a high school salutatorian at Western Colleges in Naic, Cavite. He underwent Special Latin Course at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Minor Seminary, then proceeded to San Carlos Seminary for his philosophical and theological studies. He was ordained to the priesthood December 21, 1963, by the late Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Most Rev. Hernando Antiporda.
San Diego was appointed the following year as parochial vicar of the present-day Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City, after which in 1971, he succeeded as parish priest. He worked for the Metropolitan Matrimonial Tribunal of Manila from 1964 to 1983. From 1977 to 1979, he was vicar forane of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Vicariate. He obtained his Licentiate in Canon Law, cum laude, in 1979 from the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, with his thesis entitled Those Who Practice Psychosexual Anomaly Cannot Contract A Valid Marriage. He spent some years teaching at San Carlos Seminary in Makati City and Our Lady of the Angels Seminary in Novaliches, Quezon City, and was appointed Episcopal Vicar of the Ecclesiastical District of Makati. Fr. San Diego was named parish priest of San Felipe Neri Parish in Mandaluyong City in 1981. That same year, he was named Monsignor with the dignity of Honorary Prelate by the late Pope John Paul II.