Benito Cabanban Explained

The Right Reverend
Benito C. Cabanban
Bishop Of:the Philippines
Diocese:Episcopal Church in the Philippines
Consecration:February 24, 1959
Birth Date:May 9, 1911
Death Date:November 22, 1990

Benito C. Cabanban was the first native bishop of the Philippines in The Episcopal Church. He served as Suffragan Bishop before he became the first Presiding Bishop of the Philippines for the Philippine Episcopal Church from 1967 to 1978 when the church was elevated from missionary district to a full-fledged diocese under The Episcopal Church in the United States.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Acts of Convention: Resolution # 1991-D208 . Episcopalarchives.org . 1990-11-22 . 2017-01-19.