Published July 25, 2021 1:24pm
San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan City has been placed under temporary lockdown after a guest priest died on Saturday morning.
Fr. Manuel Jadraque Jr (“Fr. Mawe”) of the Mission Society of the Philippines later tested positive for COVID-19 during post-mortem swab testing, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president-elect and Diocese of Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said.
“We regret to inform you that the Caloocan City Government’s Covid Command Center has ordered the temporary lockdown of the San Roque Cathedral starting tomorrow, Sunday, July 25, which is supposed to be our celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly People,” he wrote.