Eliseo Napiere

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Eliseo Napiere
Superior Mission sui iuris of Funafuti
Appointed2024
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 19, 1991
Personal details
Born
Elieo Napiere

(1965-06-14) June 14, 1965 (age 59)
Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines

Eliseo Napiere MSP is a Filipino Roman Catholic priest who is the superior of the Mission sui iuris of Funafuti in Tuvalu. He was appointed to the post by Pope Francis on June 3, 2024. [1]

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Early life

Napiere was born on June 14, 1965, in Maribojoc, Bohol in the Philippines. [2]

Career

He was ordained priest on January 19, 1991, for the Mission Society of the Philippines. In 1991 and 1992, he was parish priest of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Reclamation Area, Cebu City. He was Scholastic Director and Procurator of the Seminary of the Mission Society of the Philippines (Fil-Mission Seminary) in Tagaytay City from 1992 to 1994. He was a member of the General Council and Bursar General of the Mission Society of the Philippines (1994-1999) He then served the church as a missionary in different parts of the world. [3] From 2002 to 2016, Napiere served as a missionary to the Diocese of Taichung in Taiwan (2002-2016). From 2007 to 2016, he held the following positions in Taichung: executive secretary of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference, Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People; national director of the Apostleship of the Sea; Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church; and diocesan migrants’ director and chaplain. [4] In the United States he was parish vicar of Saint Edward, Corona, Diocese of San Bernardino (2016-2018) and from 2018 to 2024, member of the Presbyteral Council and parish priest of Saint James the Less in Perris in the same diocese. [5]

He was appointed as superior of the Mission sui iuris in Funifuti on June 3, 2024, and was installed in the position on September 8, 2024. [5]


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Superior of the Mission, Funafuti, Tuvalu
2024-present		Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "Appointment of ecclesiastical superior of the Missio sui iuris of Funafati, Tuvalu". Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici. June 3, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ Esmaquel, Paterno II (June 3, 2024). "Pope Francis picks Boholano to lead Catholics in Pacific island of Tuvalu". Rappler . Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ Lavenburg, John (June 6, 2024). "Priest appointed head of Mission Church in small Pacific island nation". Crux. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Filipino priest assigned to papal mission in Pacific island". Union of Catholic Asian News . Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Appointment of ecclesiastical superior of the Missio sui iuris of Funafati, Tuvalu". press.vatican.va. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
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