Paciano Aniceto | |
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Archbishop-Emeritus of San Fernando | |
See | San Fernando |
In office | March 14, 1989 – October 27, 2014 |
Predecessor | Oscar Cruz |
Successor | Florentino Lavarias |
Orders | |
Ordination | December 23, 1962 [1] |
Consecration | May 27, 1979 [1] by Pope John Paul II [1] |
Rank | Archbishop |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | Ministerium Tuum Imple |
Paciano Basilio Aniceto, GCGH (born March 9, 1937) is a Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of San Fernando. [2] He was the third prelate to head the Archdiocese, which is located in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines.
Aniceto was born on March 9, 1937, in the old town of Santa Ana, Pampanga. He was ordained a priest on December 23, 1962. He served various parishes under the Diocese of San Fernando (elevated to an Archdiocese on March 17, 1975, by Pope Paul VI.) He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of Tuguegarao City and Titular bishop of Tlos on April 7, 1979. He was consecrated as a Bishop on May 27, 1979. His principal consecrator was Pope John Paul II and his principal co-consecrators were Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy and Eduardo Cardinal Martinez Somalo.
On October 20, 1983, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Iba, Zambales and served as Bishop for 5 years. Then on January 31, 1989, he was appointed to the Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese of San Fernando as Archbishop, succeeding Archbishop Oscar Cruz and was installed on March 14, 1989.
During his 25-year tenure as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Fernando, Aniceto presided on the installation ceremonies of three Bishops of Balanga namely Honesto Ongtioco (appointed April 8, 1998 and installed June 18, 1998), Socrates Villegas (appointed May 3, 2004 and installed July 3, 2004), and Ruperto Santos (appointed April 1, 2010 and installed July 8, 2010).
On October 27, 2014, Aniceto resigned as Archbishop of San Fernando, Pampanga and was succeeded by Iba, Zambales Bishop Florentino Lavarias (appointed July 25, 2014 by Pope Francis).
On June 24, 2024, during the sede vacante apostolic administration of his successor Florentino Lavarias over the Diocese of Balanga in Bataan while awaiting for the installation of Ruperto Santos' successor as Bishop of Balanga and tenure of Fr. Percival Medina as rector and parish priest, Aniceto, as archbishop-emeritus of San Fernando, presided on a concelebrated mass as main celebrant for the feast of St. John Evangelist in Dinalupihan, Bataan together with the priests of the Diocese of Balanga as concelebrants.
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