TUGUEGARAO CITY: Pope Francis has appointed Filipino missionary priest Fr. Edgar Gacutan, a Cagayan native, as bishop in the Japanese diocese of Sendai on December 8.

At the time of the new appointment, Bishop Gacutan was serving as parish priest of Matsubara Catholic Church in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.

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