Artemio Lomboy Rillera

Artemio Lomboy Rillera SVD ( born May 1, 1942 in Naguilian; † 13 November 2011) was a Filipino religious clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of San Fernando de La Union.

Life

Artemio Lomboy Rillera In 1961 the seminary of Quezon City a. 1964trat it. The novitiate at the Divine Word Missionaries in Tagaytay City, a, the first vows in 1966 followed On June 28, 1970, he made ​​his profession and received on November 28, 1970 by Pope Paul VI. in Rizal Park in Manila, the ordination. He studied theology and philosophy at Christ the King Mission Seminary in Quezon City and at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City. After various pastoral activities, he was from 1979 to 1982 provincial of his order in the province of Abra - Cagayan and from 1982 to 1987 in the Northern Province. According to the Rector at the Divine Word Formation Center, Urdaneta, Pangasinan, 1988/89, he became pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, Bangui, Ilocos Norte.

Pope John Paul II appointed him in 1993 as Bishop of Bangued. He received his episcopal consecration on August 28, 1993 Archbishop Gian Vincenzo Moreni, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines; Orlando Beltran Quevedo OMI ​​were co-consecrators, Archbishop of Cosenza Bisignano e, and Cesar C. Raval, SVD, Bishop Emeritus of Bangued. From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the Commission on Social Communications and Mass Media of the Philippine Bishops' Conference and the CBCP Commission for the prison ministry from 2003 to 2009 Member, since 2009 its Vice President.

2005 he was appointed Bishop of San Fernando de La Union.