Archbishop Antonio Lloren Mabutas † (13 June 1921 – 22 April 1999) was the first bishop of Diocese of Laoag and the second Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Davao. He succeeded Clovis Thibault, PME on 9 December 1972. He was also the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 1981 to 1985.
Although he was considered a conservative within the Catholic Church hierarchy,[1] Mabutas is noted to be the first Roman Catholic Archbishop to write a pastoral letter to criticize human rights violations under the Marcos dictatorship.[2][3]
Born in Agoo, La Union, he was ordained priest on 6 April 1946 at the young age of 24. On 5 June 1961 he was appointed bishop of Laoag and was ordained a month after.
Archbishop of Davaoedit
Before becoming as Archbishop of Davao, the then Most Rev. Antonio Ll. Mabutas was appointed coadjutor archbishop of Davao with Most Rev. Clovis Thibault, PME, JCL, DD as its first Archbishop during the time the Diocese of Davao was erected into an Archdiocese. Before becoming the Archbishop of Davao he served as titular archbishop of Valeria on 25 July 1970. He succeeded as the archbishop of Davao on 9 December 1972.
The pastoral letter he wrote against Martial law, "Reign of Terror in the Countryside", citing human rights abuses and killings of church workers, is notable for having been the first pastoral to be written against Marcos' martial law administration.[2][3]
Retirement and deathedit
He retired as archbishop of Davao on 6 November 1996. He died two and half years later at the age of 77 where he served as a priest for 53 years and a bishop for 37 years.
Legacyedit
Some of Archbishop Mabutas' effects have been preserved, and are viewable to the public at the Museo de Iloko in his hometown of Agoo, La Union.[4]
Memoirs of Antonio Ll. Mabutas: Archbishop of Davao, a Tambara Publication, Ateneo de Davao University, 1996
^Youngblood, Robert L. (1993). Marcos against the church : economic development and political repression in the Philippines. Quezon City: New Day Publ. ISBN971-10-0512-3. OCLC 312239945.
^ ab"Honoring Davao's Contributions to the Struggle for Rights, Freedom". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ abMaglana, MAgz (10 July 2017). . MindaNews. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^"South Circuit – Agoo, La Union". Provincial Government of La Union. from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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