Prior General Suppresses Guadalupe Monastery

Guadalupe Parish and Community 2024

The Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, Very Rev. Fr. Alejandro Moral Anton, OSA, formally suppressed the Augustinian community of Monasterio de Guadalupe in Makati City. The decision to close the community came after the contract between the Augustinians and the Archdiocese of Manila ended after 54 years.

The Augustinians had been the administrators of the parish and the monastery since 1970, when they returned to Makati City.

The effectivity of the suppression on June 15, 2024, was announced in a letter from the Prior General to the Prior Provincial, Rev. Fr. Andrew Batayola, OSA. This significant moment was shared with the public at the Nuestra Señora de Gracia Parish on June 16, 2024, during a deeply respectful and symbolic turnover between the Augustinians and the clergy of the Manila Archdiocese. The suppression is the first in the Povince’s 40-year history.

Also unveiled in the closing is a marker of the list of Augustinian parish priests, which ends the Augustinians’ time as pastors in Brgy. Guadalupe Viejo. There were twenty-two parish priests, with Fr. Arsenio Pioquinto, OSA, as the first parish priest and Fr. Aimark Asor, OSA, as the last Augustinian parish priest. (GPL)

Augustinian Parish Priests of NSDG Parish

  1. 1970 – 1974 – Rev. Fr. Arsenio Cayasan Pioquinto, OSA
  2. 1974 – 1982 – Rev. Fr. Jose William Dagood Araña, OSA
  3. 1982 – 1984 – Rev. Fr. Rodolfo Sicio Tamayo, OSA
  4. 1984 – 1985 – Rev. Fr. Baltazar Labella Belocura, OSA
  5. 1985 – 1987 – Rev. Fr. Danilo Cinco Dagsaan, OSA
  6. 1987 – 1988 – Rev. Fr. Melchor Laguartilla Mirador, OSA
  7. 1988 – Rev. Fr. Roger del Rosario Objaan, OSA
  8. 1988 – Rev. Fr. Norbeto Carpiso Casono, OSA
  9. 1988 – 1989 – Rev. Fr. Marcelino Marquiño Malana, OSA
  10. 1989 – Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Jamero Galindez, OSA
  11. 1989 – 1993 – Rev.Fr. Nicolas Madronio Echeveria, OSA
  12. 1993 – 1996 – Rev. Fr. Richard Lepasana Pido, OSA
  13. 1996 – 1998 – Rev. Fr. Apolinario Lacaba Mejorada, OSA
  14. 1998 – 2000 – Rev. Fr. Alejandro Pangahin Credo, OSA
  15. 2000 – 2001 – Rev. Fr. Mamerto Allin Alfeche, OSA
  16. 2001- 2008 – Rev. Fr. Vicente Felisilda Amplayo, OSA
  17. 2008 – 2012 – Rev. Fr. Jose Recinto Gonzales, OSA
  18. 2012 – 2015 – Rev. Fr. Andres Rivera, Jr. OSA
  19. 2015 – Rev. Fr. John Paul Mabanta, OSA
  20. 2015 – 2018 – Rev. Fr. Tomas Banayag, Jr., OSA
  21. 2018 – 2021 – Rev. Fr. Basilio Sugata-on, OSA
  22. 2021 – 2024 – Rev. Fr. Aimark Palma Asor, OSA