Andrés Ferrero

Andrés Ferrero y Malo de San José, O.A.R., was an Augustinian Recollect, who became the third Bishop of Jaro, from 24 March 1898 to 27 October 1903. He was born in Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain, on 30 November 1846.

Formation and Priestly Ministry Register (dated 22 August 1906) of the solemn Pontifical Mass in the Convent of the Augustinian Recollects in Marcilla, Navarre, Spain, which was presided by Bishop Andrés Ferrero for the funeral of his batch mate and future saint, Bishop Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz. Andrés Ferrero took his monastic vow as an Augustinian Recollect in Order's Novitiate House at the Shrine of Nuestra Señora del Camino de Monteagudo (Navarra), in 1865. and received the ordination to the priesthood four years later, on 18 December 1869. Four years later, he was sent to the Philippines. Arriving in June 1873, his first mission was to become the Superior of San Sebastian Convent in Manila. In between these terms as parish priest in Negros, Fray Ferrero was chosen for other responsibilities in the St. Nicolas Province of his Order, serving as Prior of the Recoletos in Intramuros (1882–1885), Vicar Provincial from 5 September 1885 and Provincial Council (1885–1888). He was also elected as Prior Provincial ad triennium (1894–1897) by the Recoletos Provincincial Chapter of 1894. By that time Manila already fell into the hands of the Americans, and Governor-General Diego de los Ríos already transferred the Spanish Capital to Iloilo City, where Philippine Revolution has already reached full-blown. He was only able to take canonical possession of his diocese in September 1900 amidst another revolution against the American occupation of the Islands. His diocese was undergoing critical times, and the local Church was maligned by adversaries, especially by schismatic clergy. To defend the Church, he urged his priests to keep the faith through their blameless conduct and discipline, and through helping the faithful maintain the religion and piety.

Last Years The change of political sovereignty in the Philippines forced Bishop Ferrero to resign from his Episcopal See, on 12 June 1903,