DAVAO CITY – Bishop Ronald Lunas of Pagadian died on Tuesday at a hospital here while he was recovering following a heart bypass operation last week.
Doctors at the hospital declared the passing of the 57-year-old bishop at 8:28 a.m inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
His death was confirmed by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles in a message to the secretariat of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.
It was learned that that Monsignor Lunas underwent heart bypass surgery on December 28.
The diocese has yet to release a statement on Luna’s death as of this posting.
Lunas was the pride of Davao del Sur, he was odained as a priest at the Diocese of Digos in 1992.
He was appointed bishop of Pagadian in November 2018.
He was ordained to the episcopate on February 11, 2019, becoming the first bishop from the clergy of the Digos diocese.
Lunas was installed as the fifth bishop of Pagadian on March 25, 2019.
He has been leading the Episcopal Commission on Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) of the CBCP since 2021.
