Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian

Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian (born July 27, 1960) is a Roman Catholic Bishop of the Philippines and the current Bishop of Bangued in Abra (Philippines).

Biography Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian was born on July 27, 1960 in Santa, Ilocos Sur, Philippines, as the first child of Ernesto Ballesteros Jaucian Sr. and Veronica Bello Corpuz. He has three brothers and three sisters. Having found themselves transferring from one place to another due to the work of his father, Jaucian's family eventually settled in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, where he came to know the Divine Word Society (SVD), which has a Secondary School Institution in this city - the Divine Word Academy of Urdaneta (now Divine Word College).

In 1982, after his novitiate, he was chosen to study Chinese language and culture.

Ministry as a priest Jaucian was ordained to the priesthood, on March 12, 1988, at the Divine Word College Chapel in Urdaneta City, by Bishop Miguel Cinches, who is also a member of the Divine Word Society.

After ordination, the new priest went back to Taiwan, where he worked as assistant pastor at the St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Chiayi for one year. He also served as a campus minister at the Fu Jen Catholic University for three years (1989-1992).

After his stint in Taiwan, Jaucian returned to the Philippines in 1992. In Manila, he studied Guidance and Counselling at the De La Salle University. He was also assisting at the St. Jude Catholic Parish and Archdiocesan Shrine near the Malacañang Palace. In 1995, he finished his master's degree at the said university.

From 1995 to 2000, he was assigned at the St. Jude Catholic School, with responsibilities varying from being Campus Minister, Assistant Principal and Assistant Director. In 2000, he was appointed parish priest of the Shrine. Concurrently, he was also given the responsibility as the Superior of the SVD Manila District, and as Vicar Forane of the Vicariate of San Jose de Trozo of the Archdiocese of Manila.

In January 2005, he was elected as SVD's Provincial Superior for the Philippine Central Province.

Bishop of Bangued Pope Benedict XVI named Leopoldo Jaucian as Bishop of the Diocese of Bangued, Abra, on January 5, 2007. He received his episcopal ordination, on March 26 of that year by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, together with Bishop Artemio Rillera and Archbishop Fernando Filoni, and installed on March 31, 2007.