Filipino Church Leader Receives Award from Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands

Dr. Eleuterio  J. Revollido (center)  with officials of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands—retired reverend Bishop of Haarlem Dr. Dirk Jan Schoon, Amsterdam/Utrecht Professor Dr. Peter-Ben Smit, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  Professor Dr. Jan Hallebeek, and  Dean of the Old Catholic Seminary reverend Dr. Mattijs Ploeger. (Dr. Smit photo).

THE HAGUE 17 October 2019 — Dr. Eleuterio  J. Revollido, rector of the Aglipay Central Theological Seminary of the Iglesia Filipina Indepediente, received the Rinkel Prize from the Old Catholic Seminary on 21 September 2019.

According to Dr. Matthijs Ploeger, the Dean of the Old Catholic Seminary which is the priestly education arm of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, the prize is awarded bi-annually to those who have contributed to the Old Catholic theology or to the ecumenical field in which Old Catholic theology is used and practiced. The award was named after the Old Catholic Church’s Archbishop of Utrecht, Andreas Rinkel.

The award given to  Dr. Revollido, according to Dr. Prof. Rev. Peter-Ben Smit of the University of Utrecht, is an important recognition of the value of Filipino theology for churches in the Netherlands, as well as a good expression of a long standing relationship between Dutch and Filipino churches. END

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