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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FILIPINO PRIESTS
Serving the church of the United States of America
Serving the church of the United States of America
Rev. Melvin Avilla
CRM Clerics Regular Minor of the Adorno Fathers in Ramsey, New Jersey By Cynthia De Castro / AJPRESS
Born and raised in the Philippines, Fr. Melvin Avilla entered Christ the King Seminary in Quezon City where he graduated in 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy. He then went to Seton Hall University in New Jersey where he earned his Master of Divinity. Fr. Melvin was ordained in 2008 under the religious order of the Adorno Fathers where he is a Clerics Regular Minor. His area of Ministerial Training and Experience is in the fields of Seminary Formation. He is presently working in the Diocese/ Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
Rev. Lito J. Capeding
Shrine of the Holy Cross Parish in Daphne, Alabama By Cynthia De Castro / AJPRESS
Born and raised in the Philippines, Rev. Lito J. Capeding entered the seminary in San Vicente de Paul in Calbayog City and finished AB Philosophy in Sacred Heart Seminary in Palo Leyte in 1981. He took his theological studies under the Belgian Missionaries (CICM) at Maryhill School of Theology. Fr.Lito was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood on December 30, 1986 by Archbishop Pedro Dean for the Diocese of Calbayog. Serving in America for more than four years now, his areas of ministerial training and experience are in the fields of Parish, National and Diocesan Administration, College Education, Post Graduate Education, Non-profit and Social Service Work. Recently incardinated on March 30,2010 to the Archdiocese of Mobile, Fr. Lito has been appointed by Archbishop Rodi to take on three important positions: Administrator of the Shrine of the Holy Cross Parish, Administrator of St. John’s Mission Church in Bromley, Alabama and simultaneously in charge of Apostleship of the Sea (Stella Maris) of the Archdiocese of Mobile since 2008. 28 The National Association of Filipino Priests (U.S.A)