Pope Francis has named Monsignor Glenn Corsiga as the new bishop of the Diocese of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay province.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website reported that Corsiga’s appointment was announced by the Vatican at 12 noon (6 p.m. Manila time) on Monday.
The diocese’s top post has been vacant since August 2023 after the transfer of Archbishop Julius Tonel who is now heads the Archdiocese of Zamboanga.
The diocese has been under the care of Monsignor Elizar Cielo as diocesan administrator.
Corsiga was born in Dumaguete and studied philosophy at St. Joseph Seminary College in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. He later studied theology at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City.
He was ordained a priest for the Dumaguete diocese on Dec. 14, 1993, after which he had several assignments, including serving as parish vicar of Sta. Catherine of Alexandria in Dumaguete (1993–1994); parish vicar of Sta. Clara de Montefalco in Pasay (1994–1997); spiritual director of St. Joseph Seminary College (1997–2002); and chaplain of St. Paul University in Dumaguete (1998–2006).
In 2000, Corsiga was appointed vice chancellor of the diocese, a post he held until 2002, when he became rector of St. Joseph Seminary College.
In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named him a papal chaplain, granting him the honorary title of “monsignor.”
He also served as parish priest of St. James the Greater in Tanjay from 2014 to 2020 and as episcopal vicar of the diocese’s north district from 2014 to 2017.
Corsiga, 60, currently serves as vicar general of the diocese, a position he has held since 2017, and as parish priest of St. Augustine of Hippo Parish in Bacong, Negros Oriental province since 2020.*PNA