On Sunday, May 13, 2018, Bishop Honesto F. Ongtioco of Cubao ordained Louie Q. Ybañez as deacon at the Columban House of Studies, 42 Rosario Drive, Cubao, Quezon City.
Ordination to Diaconate
Photo: Deacon Louie with Bishop Ongtioco, Fr. Cadenas and family
On Sunday, May 13, 2018, Bishop Honesto F. Ongtioco of Cubao ordained Louie Q. Ybañez as deacon at the Columban House of Studies, 42 Rosario Drive, Cubao, Quezon City. Rev. Louie is from Most Holy Rosary Parish, Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City. It was a blessing that his parish priest, Fr. Cornelio J. Cadenas, made it to his ordination along with Louie’s parents, relatives and friends from Agusan.
Rev. Louie took his oath of permanent membership with the Missionary Society of St. Columban on Saturday, May 12. He graduated from his theological studies from the Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila, Q.C. in May. As a deacon, he will serve at the Our Lady of Remedies Parish, Malate, Manila, and later on at the Our Mother of Perpetual Help sub-parish, Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental in Cagayan de Oro while preparing for his priestly ordination. He had already spent two years in Pakistan for his First Mission Assignment.
