{{Short description|Filipino Catholic bishop (1925–2014)}} {{Philippine name|Guevara|Gungon}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Protacio G. Gungon | honorific-suffix = D.D. | title = Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | province = Manila | see = Antipolo | appointed = January 24, 1983 | term_start = June 25, 1983 | retired = October 18, 2001 | predecessor = ''Diocese erected'' | successor = Crisostomo Yalung <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = March 29, 1952 | ordained_by = Gabriel M. Reyes | consecration = August 24, 1977 | consecrated_by = Bruno Torpigliani <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|6|19}} | birth_place = Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippine Islands | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|4|26|1925|6|19}} | death_place = | nationality = Filipino | other_post = | previous_post = {{indented plainlist| *Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (1977–1983) }} | motto = {{lang|la|Viam veritatis eligere}}<br>('Choose the path of truth') | module = {{Infobox bishop styles |embed=yes | name = Protacio Gungon | image = Coat of arms of Protacio Guevarra Gungon (Antipolo).svg | image_size = 150 | dipstyle = *His Excellency *The Most Reverend | offstyle = Your Excellency | relstyle = Bishop }} }} '''Protacio Guevara Gungon''', D.D. (June 19, 1925 &ndash; April 26, 2014) was a Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1952, Gungon was named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines and titular bishop of Obba in 1977. In 1983, he became the first Bishop of Antipolo and served until 2001. He died on April 26, 2014, at the age of 88, two months shy of his 89th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgungon.html|title=Bishop Protacio Guevarra Gungon|website=Catholic-Hierarchy|accessdate=June 24, 2023}}</ref>

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