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