{{Short description|Filipino Catholic bishop (born 1971)}} {{Use mdy|date=October 2025}} {{Philippine name|Oracion|Panergo}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = bishop | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Edwin Oracion Panergo | honorific-suffix = DD, STL | title = Bishop of Boac | image = Bishop-Elect Edwin Panergo.jpg | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic Church | province = Lipa | see = Boac | appointed = October 4, 2025 | term_start = December 2, 2025 | predecessor = Marcelino Antonio Maralit | ordination = September 8, 1997 | ordained_by = Emilio Z. Marquez | consecration = December 1, 2025 | consecrated_by = Gilbert Garcera | birth_name = Edwin Oracion Panergo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|9|7}} | birth_place = Lucban, Quezon, Philippines | nationality = Filipino | previous_post = | alma_mater = {{ubl|Saint Francis de Sales Major Seminary|Saint Alphonsus School of Theology|Saint Louis University|{{ill|Institut Notre-Dame de Vie|fr|Institut Notre-Dame de Vie}}}} | motto = {{langnf|la|Synodus|Journeying together}} | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Edwin Oracion Panergo.svg | module = {{Ordination | denomination = Catholic | embed = yes | ordained priest by = Emilio Z. Marquez (Lucena) | date of priestly ordination = September 8, 1991 | place of priestly ordination = Lucena Cathedral | consecrated by = Gilbert Garcera (Lipa) | co-consecrators = {{Ubl | Mel Rey Uy | Emilio Z. Marquez }} | date of consecration = December 1, 2025 | place of consecration = Lucena Cathedral }} }} {{Infobox bishopstyles | name = Edwin O. Panergo | dipstyle= *His Excellency *The Most Reverend | offstyle = Your Excellency | relstyle = Monsignor, Bishop | image =Coat of arms of Edwin Oracion Panergo.svg | image_size = 150px }}
'''Edwin Oracion Panergo''' (born September 7, 1971) is a Filipino Catholic prelate who is the current bishop of Boac in the Philippines.
== Early life and education == Panergo was born on September 7, 1971, in Lucban, Quezon. He studied High school at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seminary in Sariaya. He studied philosophy at Saint Francis de Sales Major Seminary in Lipa, Batangas, and theology at Saint Alphonsus School of Theology in his hometown Lucena. He went on to study at Saint Louis University in Baguio City, where he received a Licentiate in Guidance and Counseling.<ref name="vatican">{{Cite news|title=Resignations and Appointments, 04.10.2025 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/10/04/251004c.html |website=Holy See Press Office |date=4 October 2025 |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref> He then earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology<ref name="inquirer">{{Cite news|title=Pope Leo XIV names Edwin Panergo as new bishop of Boac |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2119645/pope-leo-xiv-names-edwin-panergo-as-new-bishop-of-boac |first=Mary Joy |last=Salcedo |work=Inquirer |date=2025-10-04 |access-date=2025-10-05}}</ref> at {{ill|Institut Notre-Dame de Vie|fr|Institut Notre-Dame de Vie}} in Venasque, France.<ref name="cbcp"/>
== Ministry == === Priesthood === Panergo was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Lucena on September 8, 1997, at the Saint Ferdinand Cathedral.<ref name="cbcp"/> He was then assigned as vicar of the Minor Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel in Tayabas, an assignment he held until 1998.<ref name="vatican"/> He was also a team ministry member at St. Roche Parish in Barangay Ilasan, Tayabas City, from 1998 to 2000. In Unisan, he was parish priest of St. Roche Parish in Barangay Panaon from 2000 to 2002. Subsequently, he became the spiritual director of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Seminary in Lucban from 2002 to 2009 and 2012 to 2015.<ref name="vatican"/> He was then appointed as rector of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seminary in Sariaya in 2015.<ref name="vatican"/>
Within the Diocese of Lucena, he was the director of the diocese's Commission on Vocations.<ref name="inquirer"/>
=== Episcopate === On October 4, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed Panergo as the fifth bishop of Boac, replacing Marcelino Antonio Maralit, who, in 2024, was transferred to the Diocese of San Pablo by Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis.<ref name="cbcp">{{Cite news|title=Pope Leo names new bishop of Boac |url=https://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/pope-leo-names-new-bishop-of-boac/ |first=Roy |last=Lagarde |work=CBCP News |date=October 4, 2025 |access-date=October 5, 2025}}</ref> Prior to his appointment, the diocese was overseen by its diocesan administrator, Elino P. Esplana, since November 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pope Leo appoints priest as Boac bishop |first=Ian |last=Laqui |work=Philstar.com |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/10/05/2477689/pope-leo-appoints-priest-boac-bishop |date=October 5, 2025 |access-date=October 5, 2025}}</ref>
He was consecrated bishop at St. Ferdinand Cathedral, Lucena, Quezon on December 1, 2025, and was installed the next day at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish in Boac, Marinduque by Lucena Bishop Mel Rey Uy.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ordination, installation dates set for new Boac bishop |url=https://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/ordination-installation-dates-set-for-new-boac-bishop/ |work=CBCP News |date=October 23, 2025 |access-date=October 25, 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links== * [https://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpanergo.html Father Edwin Oracion Panergo] on ''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''
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{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Boac}}
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