Francisco Claver
Francisco F. Claver | |
|---|---|
| Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe | |
| See | Bontoc-Lagawe |
| Installed | 2 November 1995 |
| Term ended | 15 April 2004 |
| Predecessor | Brigido A. Galasgas |
| Successor | Cornelio G. Wigwigan |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Malaybalay |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 June 1961 |
| Consecration | 22 August 1969 by Carmine Rocco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco Funaay Claver January 20, 1929 |
| Died | July 1, 2010 (aged 81) |
| Buried | Jesuit Cemetery, Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Education | Loyola School of Theology, Woodstock College, University of Colorado |
| Motto | Levavi ad oculi montes ("I lift my eyes to the mountains") |
| Coat of arms | |
Francisco Funaay Claver, S.J. (20 January 1926 – 1 July 2010) was a Filipino Jesuit, cultural anthropologist and human rights activist. As a Roman Catholic prelate, he is renowned for his writings on ecclesiology and social justice, and his efforts to institutionalize Vatican II reforms in the Philippine Catholic Church. As a human rights activist, Claver was one of the most persistent critics of the Marcos dictatorship among Philippine Catholic Church leaders. Claver was at the forefront of civil society groups that opposed the Marcos regime's World Bank-funded Chico River Dam project, which would have caused the displacement of Indigenous peoples living in the area. He was also responsible for drafting the 1986 Philippine bishops' statement, which was considered a key moment in the People Power Revolution that overthrew the Marcos dictatorship. Claver is considered one of the "intellectual minds" in the ranks of the bishops of the Catholic Church in Asia.