Miguel Purugganan

Miguel Gatan Purugganan (November 18, 1931 – July 7, 2011)[1] was a Philippine clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan.[2][3] He is well remembered for having fought the Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship, and is was honored by having his name inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which honors the heroes and martyrs who fought the dictatorship.[4]

Early life and ordination

Miguel Gatan Purugganan was born in Cabagan. He was ordained as a priest on 3 March 1957. Pope Paul VI appointed him on 23 January 1971 to the Titular Bishop of Egnatia and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in Nueva Segovia. The Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Carmine Rocco gave him on 22 April of that year, the Episcopal ordination ; co-consecrators were Juan C. Sison, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, and Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo, Bishop of Tuguegarao.

Appointment as Bishop

On 21 January 1974 he was appointed Bishop of Ilagan. In August 1983, Purugganan's residence in Ilagan, Isabela was raided as part of the Philippine military's pressure against activist clergy.[3]

Purugganan retired on 26 July 1999, and he died in 2011.[5]

Notes
  1. "PURUGGANAN, Miguel Gatan". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  2. "Isabela's Bishop Purugganan, 79". Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. Youngblood, Robert (2019-05-15). Marcos Against the Church: Economic Development and Political Repression in the Philippines. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-4639-0.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. "PURUGGANAN, Miguel Gatan". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  5. "Bishop Miguel Gatan Purugganan [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-09-04.


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