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Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal | |||||||||||||||||
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Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento | |||||||||||||||||
Diocese | Sacramento | ||||||||||||||||
Appointed | April 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Installed | May 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Balecio | ||||||||||||||||
Orders | |||||||||||||||||
Ordination | April 29, 1991 by Jesus Balaso Tuquib | ||||||||||||||||
Consecration | May 31, 2024 by Jaime Soto, William Weigand, and Jose Cabantan | ||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal [1] October 15, 1964 [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||
Education | Seminary of San Jose de Mindanao Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan | ||||||||||||||||
Motto | In autem verbo Tuo (But in Your word) | ||||||||||||||||
Ordination history | |||||||||||||||||
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Styles of Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal | |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal (born October 15, 1964) is a Filipino-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Sacramento in California since 2024.
Reynaldo Bersabal was born on October 15, 1964, in Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental in the Philippines. He was the youngest of three children. Deciding to become a priest, he entered the diocesan seminary of San Jose de Mindanao. He later received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy6 from Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental.
On April 29, 1991, Bersabal was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines by Archbishop Jesus Balaso Tuquib. [3] After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Bersabal as parish vicar of Our Lady of Snows Parish. He was transferred in 1992 to serve as administrator of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. The archdiocese named him as pastor in 1995 of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. Bersabal was named chancellor of the archdiocese in 1998 and archdiocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Philippines. [4] [5]
Bersabal moved to Sacramento, California, in the United States in 1999. He was assigned by the Diocese of Sacramento as parish vicar of St. James Parish in Davis, California. The diocese transferred him in 2002 to St. Anthony Parish in Sacramento. Bersabal was named pastor of Saint Paul Parish in Sacramento in 2004. That same year, he was incardinated, or officially transferred, from the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro to the Diocese of Sacramento. [4] [3]
The diocese sent Bersabal to St. John the Baptist Parish in Folsom, California, in 2008. He returned to St. James, this time as pastor in 2016. Bersabal's final pastoral assignment was to Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Sacramento in 2022. [4]
Pope Francis appointed Bersabal as titular bishop of Balecio and as an auxiliary bishop of Sacramento on April 20, 2024. [4] [5] [6] On May 31, 2024, Bersabal was consecrated as a bishop at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento by Bishop Jaime Soto. [3] As auxiliary bishop, he also serves as vicar general for the diocese. [6]