Leo A. Soriano
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Leo A. Soriano (b. 10 December 1950) is a Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2000 in the Philippines.
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[edit] Early Life
Leo is the son of Benjamin Soriano, a Methodist Pastor, and Purificacion Aranda, a teacher. Bishop Soriano is also a licensed medical doctor. He started his ministry after graduating cum laude from the Union Theological Seminary in the Philippines. He was appointed as Doctor in Mission for the Medical Mobile Clinic of the Mindanao Annual Conference. This position led him to work in the underserved and far-flung villages and mountains in the war-torn area of Mindanao and Visayas. He held that position until the project funded by the U.M. General Board of Global Ministries changed it to a Community-based Primary Health Care Program.
[edit] Episcopal Ministry
Leo Soriano was elected as Bishop on the 5th ballot during the 2000 Philippines Central Conference held in Cabanatuan City, Philippines.
Bishop Soriano is the current Resident Bishop of the Davao Episcopal Area, one of three Episcopal Areas of the Philippines. His offices are in the Spottswood Methodist Center in Kidapawan City. In 2004 he was appointed to a four year position as one of four voting members of the General Council on Finance and Administration of the United Methodist Church, [1]. He has served as a member of the UMC Council of Bishops, the UMC General Council on Ministries, and the cross denominational organisations Christian Conference of Asia [2] and National Council of Churches in the Philippines. [3]
As of 2007 serves on the Philippine Christian University Board of Trustees.[4]
He has acted as a spokesperson for UMC Philippines during the December 2003 typhoons and Southern Leyte mudslides[5] and signing a Bible sent to President George W. Bush as congratulations following his re-election, a 200-year-old UMC tradition.[6]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ 2004-2008 Quadrennium Council Member List. General Council on Finance and Administration. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ CCA Member Churches. The Malankara Church. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ (December 1999) "NCCP Elects First Woman General Secretary". Christian Conference of Asia News 34 (4).
- ^ Administrators. Philippine Christian University. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ UMCOR Hotline 30 Dec 2003: Iran, Haiti, Philippines. National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (December 30, 2003). Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ Kathy L. Gilbert. "United Methodist bishops congratulate President Bush". The Current: News of Illinois Great Rivers Conference of The United Methodist Church 9 (8).
[edit] References
- The United Methodist Newscope Volume 32, No. 51/December 17, 2004 "United Methodists in the Philippines Move Toward Autonomy" Reports that Soriano was re-elected as bishop.
- United Methodist Church, 12/21/2000 - Philippine United Methodists elect two new bishops
- United Methodist News Service - Gunmen kill United Methodist local pastor in Philippines "United Methodist Bishop Leo A. Soriano, who leads the church’s Davao Area, condemned the killing and urged civil and military authorities to bring the guilty parties to justice."
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