Vicariatus Apostolicus Sancti Jusephi in Mindoro                                                     

Suffragan of Lipa
Created: January 27, 1983. Erected: April 5, 1983. Comprises the Civil
Province of Occidental Mindoro with 11 Municipalities. Principal Titular:
Saint Joseph the Worker, May 1. Secondary Patroness: Our Lady of Fatima,
May 13.

Apostolic Administrator
Most Reverend
DAVID WILLIAM V. ANTONIO, DD
Born: December 29, 1963 in Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur. Ordained Priest: December 1, 1988. Appointed Titular Bishop
of Basti and Local Bishop of the Diocese of Ilagan, Isabela.
Ordained Bishop: August 26, 2011. Appointed Apostolic Administrator Sede Plena of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose,
Occidental Mindoro: November 21, 2015. Re-confirmed as
Apostolic Administrator Sede Vacante et ad nutum Sanctae
Sedis: March 19, 2018. Episcopal Motto: Ut Vitam Habeant.

Bishop’s Residence
Mabini Extension, Brgy. Labangan,
San Jose, 5100 Occidental Mindoro
Tel.: (043) 491-1507; 491-4959
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Apostolic Vicar Emeritus
Most Reverend
ANTONIO P. PALANG, SVD, DD
Born: June 13, 1946, Consolacion, Cebu. Ordained Priest: July 8, 1972.
Appointed Apostolic Administrator: June 26, 2000. Appointed Titular
Bishop of Thuburbo Minor and Vicar Apostolic: March 1, 2002. Ordained/
Installed Bishop: May 31, 2002.

PRESENT STATUS
Area of Territory .... 5,865.71 sq.kms.
Total Population..................... 501,014
Catholics................................... 377,683
Vicar Forane...........................................4
Parishes................................................ 20
Classification by Administration:
under Diocesan............................ 13
under Religious...............................7
Classifications:
Parish ............................................... 20
Chaplaincy........................................3
Bishop.................................................2
Diocesan Priest............................. 11
Diocesan Deacons .........................8
Working in other Diocese............2
Abroad................................................2
Guest/Attached Priest ..................3
Religious Priest.................................. 13
Religious Brothers...............................1
Religious Sisters................................ 12
Seminarians:
Philosophy........................................2
Educational Centers:
College:
Diocesan.......................................1
Religious............................................1
High School:
Diocesan.......................................5
Religious.......................................1
Elementary:
Diocesan.......................................1
Religious.......................................1
Pre-School:
Diocesan.......................................3
Religious.......................................1
Institutions:
Formation Centers........................ 1
Mission Hospital ............................ 1

CURIA
Chancery Office
Chancellor: Rev. Fr. Gerardo F. Causapin
Chancery Staff: Rev. Allan Mar A.
Macaslam
Tel.: (043) 491-1507
Fax: (043) 491-4959
Mobile: 0929-364-8311
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Finance Secretary Office
Finance Secretary: Rev. Fr. Mauro II
A. Arevalo
Bookkeepers: Mrs. Emelinda V. Deyta;
Mrs. Jessabel L. Verde
Cashier: Mrs. Victoria V. Macaburas
Auditor: Ms. Roseila G. Guarin
Tel.: (043) 491-1507
Mobile: 0929-364-8311
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College of Consultors
Most Rev. David William V. Antonio,
DD - Apostolic Administrator
Rev. Msgr. Carlito M. Dimaano Vicar General, VF3
Rev. Fr. Mauro II A. Arevalo - Finance
Secretary
Rev. Fr. Gerardo F. Causapin Chancellor
Rev. Fr. Arnel T. Belamide - VF1,
Vicarial Schools Superintendent
Rev. Fr. Ronald D. Panganiban - VF2
Rev. Fr. Anthony L. Tria, SVD - VF4
Rev. Fr. Renato A. Tampol, SVD DWCSJ President

Finance Council
Chairman: Most Rev. David William
V. Antonio, DD
Member: Rev. Msgr. Carlito M.
Dimaano; Rev. Fr. Mauro II
A. Arevalo; Rev. Fr. Arnel T.
Belamide; Mrs. Filipinas Castillo

Clergy Foundation
Chairman: Most Rev. David William
V. Antonio, DD
Vice-Chairman: Rev. Msgr. Carlito M.
Dimaano
Secretary: Rev. Fr. Gerardo F. Causapin
Treasurer: Rev. Fr. Mauro II A.
Arevalo
Members: Rev. Fr. Silvino G. Enriquez; Rev. Fr. Arnel T. Belamide

PASTORAL COMMISSIONS
Commission on Clergy
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Gerardo F.
Causapin
Rev. Fr. Arnel T. Belamide
Commission on Pastoral Programs
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Silvino G.
Enriquez
Rev. Msgr. Carlito M. Dimaano;
Rev. Allan Mar Macaslam
Commission on Biblical Apostolate
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Renato A.
Tampol, SVD
Rev. Fr. Frank G. Mendoza, SVD;
Rev. Fr. Robert C. Cadid Jr.; Rev.
Darwin S. Artizona
Commission on Family and Life
Chairman: Rev Fr. Ronald D.
Panganiban
Rev. Fr. Glenn C. Mercado; Rev. Fr.
Roberto C. Cadid Jr.
Commission on Youth/Campus Ministry
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Reymond B.
Mulingbayan
Rev. Fr. Thaddeus J. Teaño, SVD;
Rev. Fr. Jeffrey Mark Shannon,
MMMP; Rev. Fr. Uili Uvea, SVD;
Rev. Darwin S. Artizona
Commission on Religious Organizations
Chairman: Rev. Msgr. Carlito M.
Dimaano
Rev. Fr. Arnel T. Belamide; Rev. Fr.
Ronald D. Panganiban; Rev. Roy
T. Panes; Rev. Edel P. Amarante
Commission on Worship and Liturgy
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Gerardo F.
Causapin
Rev. Fr. Silvino G. Enriquez; Rev.
Darwin S. Artizona
Commission on Catechetical Apostolate
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Robert C.
Cadid Jr.
Coordinator: Sr. Imelda Filaro, MCJ
Rev. Fr. Mauro A. Arevalo; Rev. Fr.
Glenn C. Mercado; Rev. Timmar
L. De Leon; Rev. Philip O. Fantone
Commission on Social Justice and Peace
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Rolando D.
Villanueva
Rev. Msgr. Carlito M. Dimaano;
Rev. Fr. Glenn M. Mercado; Rev.
Fr. Anthony L. Tria, SVD; Rev.
Bernice E. Bumatay; Rev. Darwin
S. Artizona
Commission on Indigenous People
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Ronie B.
Teman, SVD
Rev. Fr. Silvino G. Enriquez; Rev.
Fr. Anthony L. Tria, SVD; Rev. Fr.
Anselm Taolin-Kiik, SVD; Rev. Fr.
Joseph Hai, SVD; Rev. Jerry C.
Jalos; Rev. Ronnie T. Talaver; Bro.
Vincent Iopam, SVD
Commission on Vocation/Mission Animation
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Ronilo M. Omanio
Rev. Fr. Florante C. Gallardo; Rev.
Philip O. Fantone; Rev. Roy T.
Panes
Commission On Social Communication
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Silvino G.
Enriquez
Rev. Fr. Carlito M. Dimaano; Rev.
Fr. Ronald D. Panganiban; Rev. Fr.
Mauro A. Arevalo; Rev. Jerry C.
Jalos; Rev. Philip O. Fantone; Rev.
Allan Mar Macaslam
Commission on Pastoral Care
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Uili Uvea, SVD
Rev. Fr. Rolando D. Villanueva;
Rev. Fr. Ronald D. Panganiban;
Rev. Fr. Anthony L. Tria, SVD
Committee on Culture and Church
Heritage
Chairman: Rev. Fr. Arnel T. Belamide
Rev. Fr. Gerardo F. Causapin;
Rev. Jerry C. Jalos; Mr. Rody
Candelario

PARISHES
VF I of Saint Joseph the Worker
Vicar Forane: Rev. Fr. Arnel T.
Belamide
Saint Joseph the Worker Cathedral Parish,
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: May 1
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Arnel T.
Belamide
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Fr. Janusz
Prud, SVD
Deacon: Rev. Jerry C. Jalos
Divine Mercy Parish, Murtha, San
Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: Divine Mercy Sunday
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Silvino G.
Enriquez
St. Joseph the Spouse Parish, Central,
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: March 19
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Reymond B.
Mulingbayan
Deacon: Rev. Allan Mar A. Macaslam
Parokya Ng Mabuting Pastol, Poblacion, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: Good Shepherd Sunday
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Ronie B.
Teman, SVD
Sta. Teresa De Avila Parish, Sta. Teresa,
Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: October 15
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Gerardo F.
Causapin
Chair of Saint Peter Parish, San Pedro,
Rizal, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: February 22
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Dondion C.
Soriano, SVD
Sto. Niño de Manoot Parish, Manoot,
Rizal, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: 3rd Sunday of January
Deacon Adminstrator: Rev. Roy T.
Panes
Santissima Trinidad Quasi-Parish, Ilin
and Ambulong Islands, San Jose,
Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: Holy Trinity Sunday
Administrator: Rev. Fr. Jeffrey
Mark Shannon, MMMP
Deacons: Rev. Ronnie T. Talaver,
MMMP; Rev. Edel P. Amarante,
MMMP
Missionaries of Mary, Mother of
the Poor Community
Nuestra Señora de Salvacion Chaplaincy,
Caminawit, San Jose, Occidental
Mindoro
Fiesta: June 15
Chaplain: Rev. Fr. Francisco C.
Mendoza, SVD
San Isidro Labrador Chaplaincy, Bubog,
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: May 15
Chaplain: Rev. Fr. Mauro II A. Arevalo
Sto. Niño Chaplaincy, Magbay, San
Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: January 19
Chaplain: Rev. Fr. Florante C. Gallardo

VF II of San Sebastian
Vicar Forane: Rev. Fr. Ronald D.
Panganiban
San Sebastian Parish, Buenavista,
Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: January 20
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Ronald D.
Panganiban
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Fr. Philip O.
Fantone
San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish, Ligaya,
Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: September 28
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Uili Uvea, SVD
Saint Joseph the Worker Parish, Pagasa,
Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: May 1
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Rolando D.
Villanueva
Saint Michael Parish, Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: May 8
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Ronilo M.
Omanio

VF III of Nuestra Seňora Del Pillar
Vicar Forane: Rev. Msgr. Carlito M.
Dimaano
Holy Cross Parish, Poblacion, Sta.
Cruz, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: September 14
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Anselmus
Taolin-Kiik, SVD
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Fr. Joseph
Hai, SVD
Nuestra Señora del Pillar Parish,
Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: October 12
Parish Priest: Rev. Msgr. Carlito M.
Dimaano
Deacon: Rev. Bernice E. Bumatay
Saint Joseph theHusband Parish, Paluan,
Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: March 19
Administrator: Rev. Fr. Mario C.
Corona
Deacon: Rev. Darwin S. Artizona
San Rafael Parish, Abra de Ilog,
Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: October 24
Administrator: Rev. Fr. Glenn C.
Mercado

VF IV of Our Lady of the Assumption
Vicar Forane: Rev. Fr. Anthony L.
Tria, SVD
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish,
Lubang, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: August 15
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Jerome B.
Ormita, SVD
San Raphael the Archangel Parish,
Looc, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: October 24
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Anthony L.
Tria, SVD
San Nicolas De Tolentino, Tilik, Lubang,
Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: September 10
Deacon Administrator: Rev. Timmar L.
De Leon
San Isidro Labrador Parish, Tagbac,
Lubang, Occidental Mindoro
Fiesta: May 15
Parish Administrator: Rev. Fr.
Roberto C. Cadid Jr.

Diocesan Clergy with No Parish
Assignment
Study-on-Leave: Rev. Fr. Giovanni M.
Gatdula
On-Leave: Rev. Fr. Dick Guillermo

EDUCATIONAL CENTERS
Divine Word College (F-1960), San
Jose, 5100 Occidental Mindoro
Administered by Society of the
Divine Word (SVD)
Tel.: 043) 491-1523
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President: Rev. Fr. Renato A.
Tampol, SVD
VP for Administration: Rev. Fr.
Ronillo B. Ordenes, SVD
VP for Finance: Rev. Fr. Nonito D.
Gallego, SVD
VP for Academic Affairs: Dr. Luis I.
Gante Jr.
Dean for Graduate Studies: Rev.
Fr. Joel E. Sagdullas, SVD
Campus Minister: Rev. Fr.
Thaddeus Teaño, SVD
High School/SHS Principal: Ms.
Glorieta Mendoza
Grade School Principal: Mrs. Pinky
N. Pagayonan
San Rafael High School (F-1969)
Abra de Ilog, 5108 Occidental
Mindoro
Director: Rev. Fr. Mauro II A.
Arevalo
Stella Maris School (F-1923) Lubang,
5109 Occidental Mindoro
Director: Rev. Fr. Mauro II A.
Arevalo
Principal: Mrs. Rowena T. Tejoso
West Mindoro Academy (F-1951) Mamburao, 5106 Occidental Mindoro
Director/Principal: Rev. Msgr.
Carlito M. Dimaano
Colegio de San Sebastian (F-1957)
Buenavista, Sablayan, 5104 Occidental Mindoro
Director: Rev. Fr. Ronald D.
Panganiban
Dean: Dr. Nancy S. Macabata
Associate Dean: Ms. Maribelle D.
Torregoza
High School and Elementary
Principal: Mrs. Sidia Luna
Holy Family Academy (F-1957) Central,
San Jose, 5100 Occidental Mindoro
Director: Rev. Fr. Reymond B.
Mulingbayan
Principal JHS/SHS: Ms. Florenda
Francisco

MISCELLANEOUS LISTING
San Isidro Labrador Diocesan Formation
Center, Mabini Extension, San
Jose, 5100 Occidental Mindoro
DZVT/SPIRIT FM - Ang Tinig
ng Pamayanang Kristiyano
ng Kanlurang Mindoro Studio
and Transmitter Site: DZVT AM
RADIO, Labangan Poblacion,
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Office: Chancery Building, Mabini Ext., San Jose, 5100 Occidental Mindoro
Tel.: (045) 491-1507
Mobile: 0939-192-7977
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Radio Program Director: Rev. Fr.
Silvino G. Enriquez
Radio Operator/Technician: Mr.
Jonathan L. Galamay