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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 7, 2024, the Holy Father, appointed as Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, the Rev. Msgr. Erwin José Aserios Balagapo, currently head of office in the same curial institution.
Erwin José Aserios Balagapo was born in Catbalogan (Philippines) on March 8, 1971 and was ordained a priest for the metropolitan archdiocese of Palo on July 12, 1996. He holds a Licentiate in Canon Law from the University of Navarra, Spain (1996-1998) and a doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome (1998-2001).
He subsequently completed the Rotal Study at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (2011-2014) and obtained a Licentiate in Moral Theology from the former Pontifical Institute "John Paul II" (2011-2013).
In the archdiocese of his incardination, in Palo, among other positions, he was also professor of Canon Law, judicial vicar, responsible for the ongoing formation of the clergy, chancellor and member of the College of Consultors (2001-2011).
An official of the then Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples since 2015, he was appointed head of office of the Section for the First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelization in July 2023. (Agenzia Fides, 7/11/2024)
