{{Short description|Filipino bishop (1929–2023)}} {{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Angel Hobayan | honorific_suffix = D.D. | title = ''Bishop of Catarman'' | image = | image_upright = 1.15 | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | province = Palo | see = Catarman | appointed = December 12, 1974 | enthroned = March 5, 1975 | term = | term_start = | quashed = | term_end = March 10, 2005 | predecessor = ''Position created'' | successor = Emmanuel Trance <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = March 25, 1955 | ordained_by = | consecration = March 5, 1975 | consecrated_by = Bruno Torpigliani <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|12|11}} | birth_place = Taft, Samar, Philippines <!-- Eastern Samar was established in 1965 --> | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|03|11|1929|12|11}} | death_place = San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines | residence = | previous_post = | alma_mater = | motto = {{Lang|la|Caritas Justitiaque Christi}}<br />''(The charity and justice of Christ)'' | coat_of_arms = Coat_of_arms_of_Angel_Tec-i_Hobayan.svg }} {{Infobox bishopstyles
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'''Angel Tec-i Hobayan''' (December 11, 1929 – March 11, 2023) was a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Catarman from 1974 to 2005.
==Ministry==
===Priesthood=== Hobayan received the Sacrament of Holy Orders for the Diocese of Calbayog on March 25, 1955. On October 22, 1960, he was ordinated into the clergy of the newly formed Borongan Diocese. He later served as Vicar General of the Diocese of Borongan and Regent of the Jesus Nazareno Seminary in Borongan.<ref name = "cbcpnews">{{cite web |url=https://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/143840-2/ |title=Catarman diocese's first bishop dies |work=cbcpnews.net |date=March 11, 2023 |language=en |accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref> From 1968 to 1969, Hobayan led the Diocese of Borongan during the vacancy of the Sede as Capitular Vicar.<ref>{{cite book|author=Angel Lagdameo|title=The Bishops of Cebu|publisher=Cardinal Rosales Pastoral Center|location=Cebu City|year=1986|language=en|oclc=19959394|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zg0tAAAAMAAJ&q=Angel+Hobayan}}</ref> Pope Paul VI awarded him the papal honorary title of Apostolic Protonotary on June 28, 1974.<ref>AAS 66 (1974), S. 592.</ref>
===Bishop=== On December 12, 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the first bishop of Catarman. The Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani, ordained him as a bishop on March 5, 1975, in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Borongan; Co-consecrators were the Godofredo Pedernal Pisig, Bishop of Borongan, and Ricardo Pido Tancinco, Bishop of Calbayog. Hobayan chose the motto Caritas justitiaque Christi (“The charity and justice of Christ”). The inauguration took place on March 11, 1975.
Pope John Paul II accepted his retirement on March 10, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/03/10/0133/00297.html |title=Rinuncia del Vescovo di Catarman (Filippine) |work=Tägliches Bulletin |date=March 10, 2005 |language=it |accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref>
==Death== Hobayan died at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan, Metro Manila, on March 11, 2023. He was 93.<ref name = "cbcpnews"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhobayan.html Angel Hobayan at Catholic Hierarchy]
{{Commons}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-new|title}} {{s-ttl | title= Bishop of Catarman | years=December 12, 1974 – March 10, 2005}} {{s-aft | after= Emmanuel Trance }} {{s-end}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Catarman}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hobayan, Angel}} Category:1929 births Category:2023 deaths Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Category:People from Eastern Samar Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Paul VI