Reynaldo Bersabal

Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal (born October 15, 1964) is a Filipino American Catholic prelate serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in California since 2024.

Biography Early life Reynaldo Bendijo Bersabal was born on October 15, 1964, in Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental in the Philippines. He is the youngest of three children born to Juanita Guzman Bendijo and Ananias Amparo Bersabal. Deciding to become a priest, he entered the diocesan seminary of San Jose de Mindanao. He later received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental.

Priesthood On April 29, 1991, Bersabal was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines by Jesus Tuquib. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Bersabal as parish vicar of Our Lady of Snows Parish. He was transferred in 1992 to serve as administrator of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. The archdiocese named him as pastor in 1995 of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. Bersabal was named chancellor of the archdiocese in 1998 and archdiocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Philippines.

Bersabal moved to Sacramento, California in 1999, at the invitation of Bishop William Weigand, and was assigned as parish vicar of St. James Parish in Davis. The diocese transferred him in 2002 to St. Anthony Parish in Sacramento. Bersabal was named pastor of Saint Paul Parish in Sacramento in 2004. That same year, he was incardinated as a priest from the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro to the Diocese of Sacramento. As auxiliary bishop, he also serves as vicar general for the diocese. Bersabal speaks English, Tagalog, Visayan, and Spanish.