The Diocese of Dumaguete has announced that the Funeral Mass and interment of the late Monsignor Antonio Vicente is set on Tuesday at the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral in Dumaguete City.
Diocesan administrator Msgr. Gamaliel Tulabing will be the main celebrant while Msgr. Larry Catubig will deliver the Homily during the concelebrated Mass to be attended by members of the Dumaguete clergy on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Interment will follow at the Dumaguete Memorial Park.
The late Rev. Msgr. Bienvenido Antonio Escalambre Vicente passed away early Monday at the Holy Child Hospital in Dumaguete City due to a lingering ailment. He was 77.
Born in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on December 11, 1934 to the couple Juan Vicente and Trinidad Escalambre (both deceased), Msgr. Antonio Vicente was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1966 at Logroño, Spain. He served as a diocesan priest for a number of years in different various capacities.
On October 19, 1981, Msgr. Vicente was awarded with the title Papal Chamberlain, according to the Informationis Causa released by the Diocese of Dumaguete.
His assignments included parish priest of Basay, Negros Oriental (August 1971-1976); parish priest of Lazi, Siquijor (beginning April 28, 1976); parish priest of Bais City, Negros Oriental (June 22, 1984 onwards); parish priest of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental (Dec. 10, 1988 onwards); Confessor-AR Sisters, Bayawan, Negros Oriental (Jan. 8, 1992); parish priest of Kalumboyan, Bayawan City in Negros Oriental (June 1992); Chaplain, Manalongon in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental (June 18, 1997); resident priest in Bayawan, Negros Oriental (March 26, 2002 onwards).
His body now lies in state at the Jubilee Hall of the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral Compound. (PNA)
