Basilan: Bishop Leo Dalmao of the Prelature of Isabela de Basilan is recovering following a heart attack last month, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
According to Philippines News Agency, the CBCP reported that another Claretian bishop, Elias Ayuban Jr. from the Diocese of Cubao, shared during a Mass on Wednesday evening that Bishop Dalmao is on the mend. Ayuban stated that Dalmao had been discharged from the hospital after nearly a month of confinement and is now recuperating at a care facility in Quezon City managed by a religious congregation.
‘He is already recovering. it’s really a miracle,’ Ayuban expressed in his homily during the Mass, which marked the end of the second day of a three-day bishops’ seminar. Ayuban, along with other bishops, is in Santa Rosa, Laguna, for the CBCP’s plenary assembly this weekend.
Bishop Dalmao experienced a heart attack while celebrating Mass at Sta. Isabel de Portugal Cathedral in Isabela City on Christmas Eve. He was transported by sea ambulance to a hospital in Zamboanga City where he underwent an angiogram and angioplasty. On December 27, the Catholic prelate was airlifted to Metro Manila and subsequently underwent heart surgery at a hospital.
