A Sept. 3, 2023 file photo of Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Buhain Jr celebrating Mass at the Manila Cathedral. (Photo Courtesy of Eric Paul Guanlao)
Retired auxiliary bishop Teodoro Buhain of Manila dies at 87
Bishop Teodoro Buhain Jr., a retired auxiliary bishop of the Manila Archdiocese, died Wednesday at the age of 87.
A Nov. 13 statement from the archdiocese said the bishop passed away at 11 a.m. at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City.
Buhain was ordained a priest for the Manila archdiocese on Dec. 21, 1960.
Among his other assignments, he served as assistant secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines from 1975 to 1981.
In January 1983, at the age of 45, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Manila and was ordained to the episcopate on Feb. 21 of the same year.
Buhain also served as the general manager of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a Church-run continental media network based in Manila, from 1981 to 1990.
At the age of 66, he resigned in 2003.
He served as a priest for 63 years and as a bishop for 41 years.
Details of the wake and funeral have yet to be announced. (CBCP News)
A version of this article was first published by CBCP News.
No Comments