MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis appointed on Thursday Cardinal Jose Advincula of Capiz as the new archbishop of Manila, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.
The CBCP said the appointment was made public in Rome at 12 noon, or at 7:00 p.m. in Manila.
He succeeds Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, now the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in the Vatican.
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