{"id":92689,"date":"2017-03-06T19:42:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92689"},"modified":"2017-03-06T19:42:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:42:47","slug":"1st-filipino-american-bishop-ordained-in-us-to-serve-in-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/06\/1st-filipino-american-bishop-ordained-in-us-to-serve-in-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Filipino American bishop ordained in US to serve in Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Solis, 63, previously served in New Jersey and Louisiana before becoming an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles. (Photo Padre-Omar Ontiveros\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SALT LAKE CITY \u2013The first Filipino-American bishop ordained in the United States is set to be installed as the leader of Salt Lake City’s Catholic diocese on Tuesday, ending the city’s longest period without a bishop.<\/p>\n

Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis will replace John C. Wester, who was appointed archbishop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2015, the Salt Lake Tribune (http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lwB1bb ) reported. Solis, who can move seamlessly from English to Spanish to Tagalog, was born in San Jose City in the Philippines and was ordained a priest in 1979.<\/p>\n

Solis, 63, previously served in New Jersey and Louisiana before becoming an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles. Because he served in an Italian\/Cuban parish in New Jersey, a French\/Creole parish in Louisiana, and the polyglot parishes of Southern California, people often ask what kind of accent he has.<\/p>\n

To that, Solis quips, \u201cI can’t even understand myself now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rev. Alex Aclan, vicar for clergy at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, said Solis was key in establishing the National Association of Filipino Priests-USA.<\/p>\n

Solis is a \u201cmajor ingredient in the glue that has bonded the Filipino priests together,\u201d Aclan said.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles bishops gifted Solis a parka, skis and an Apple watch ahead of his move to Utah.<\/p>\n

In his most recent position, Solis visited some 200 churches. People who know Solis say he is caring and even-tempered.<\/p>\n

When worshippers showed up at the office looking for help or someone to talk to, Solis \u201cwould take the time to listen to them … (and) give them food from his pantry and give them money,\u201d said Angelic Nunez, his assistant.<\/p>\n

Solis’s official installation will take place at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.<\/p>\n

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