Manila, April 2 -- The Archdiocese of Jaro welcomed its new archbishop after the formal installation of Most Rev. Midyphil Billones during the solemn High Mass with the rite of canonical possession at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral on Wednesday.

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, for whom Billones previously served as Auxiliary Bishop, emphasized the sacred duty entrusted to the new Jaro archbishop.

"He has placed you here not because you are a deserving son of Jaro, certainly the most suitable for the ministry, as we say taga-Jaro gid (truly from Jaro). But simply because the Lord has chosen you to be the vicar of His love especially, to the last, the least, and the lost," Palma said.

The celebration began with a solemn canonical procession...