By Ferdinand Patinio | Philippine News Agency
A Filipino Franciscan priest will soon assume his new role as general bursar of his congregation in Rome.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website reported on Tuesday that Fr. Joel Sulse has been appointed to head the Order of Friars Minors’ (OFM) general curia, the administrative center of the congregation.
Sulse left for Rome on Tuesday. He will formally assume his new position on Aug. 1.
As the general bursar or the new general oeconomus, Sulse will oversee the financial management of the entire OFM, one of the main Catholic orders tracing its roots to St. Francis of Assisi.
On the other hand, Fr. Lino Gregorio Redoblado, the minister provincial of the OFM Philippines who presided a send-off Mass for Sulse, asked the faithful to pray for him as he takes on his “very unique kind of mission”.
“He is going to be the general treasurer of the Order,” he said in his Homily during the May 5 Mass held at the Santuario de San Antonio Parish in Makati City.
“We bring our wishes and prayers as you serve the Order and the whole Church,” Redoblado said in his message to Sulse.
Before his new assignment in Rome, the Catholic priest’s last assignment was at St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Malabon City.
He has served as Secretary for Formation and Studies and chairperson of the Committee on Promotions for Clerical Ministry of the OFM in the country.
