Mario de Leon Baltazar

Mario de Leon Baltazar OP (born 1 September 1926 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines; † 9 July, 2012 Manila ) was a Roman Catholic priest and prelate of the Batanes and Babuyan Islands Territorialprälatur.

Life

Mario Baltazar de Leon joined the Congregation of the Dominican and laid on September 14, 1944 profession on. He received for his theological and philosophical training on 8 March 1952 in the convent's Rosaryhill School in Hong Kong, the ordination. He worked for many years as a priest in pastoral care.

Pope Paul VI. appointed him on 18 November 1966 prelates of the Batanes and Babuyan Islands Territorialprälatur, the inauguration took place on 7 January 1967. 1995, Pope John Paul II to be pre- mounted for health reasons resignation.

He died of a heart attack at the Hospital of the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila (UST ).

Mario de Leon Baltazar held Licentiate in Biblical Studies ( Licentiate in Sacred Scripture SSL ) and sacraments ( Licentiate of Sacred Theology LST). He published the three -volume work " Treasures Old and New" with a collection of homilies; the work was awarded the Catholic Authors Award in 2002 and the ECBA Award 2004.