Jaro prelate appointed caretaker of Kabankalan diocese

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Pope Leo XIV has appointed Jaro Archbishop Midyphil Billones as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Kabankalan in Western Visayas following a leadership transition in the local church, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines announced on Friday, August 14. The appointment was announced in an Aug. 11