Allan Amoguis (born Allan Hinautan Amoguis on 25 February 1973 in the Philippines) is an Italian bishop, serving as the head prelate of The Christian Patriarchate of East Asia.[Cf. Special Resolution of the Council of Bishops under this Patriarchate dated 2 August 2016, signed by Notary Public in Ghana, S. Rodger Dake. He was elected patriarch in 2016 under the Patriarchate of West Africa (which then became the Patriarchate of West Africa, Central Europe and East Asia).]
Biography
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in education from Don Bosco College-Seminary (which, later, became Don Bosco College)
[Department of Education (Philippines), Official Transcript of Records, S.O. (B) (R-IV) No. 210-0374 s. 1996. Issued on September 6, 1996.] in the Philippines, where he, at the same time, was discerning for his vocation to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
After his college graduation in 1996, he worked at the Office of the Philippine President in Malacanang Palace, in the Department of Budget and Management. With his professional Civil Service Eligibility, he got a permanent position in that department.[Republic of the Philippines, Civil Service Commission, Certificate of Eligibility, CSC-CO Number 977101WE (5 February 1997), Corazon Alma G. De Leon, Chairman, Quezon City.]
During his seminary years at the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary, a Roman Catholic seminary in the Philippines, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Insight, the seminary's official English magazine.[Insight, Immaculate Conception Major Seminary (1996), Vol. VIII.] He also contributed articles to the United Catholic Asian News (UCAN) and the Philippine Daily Inquirer, fighting against labor law violations and social injustice.
He converted to the Orthodox faith in 2005, and in 2016 was awarded a master's degree in Management and Development of Education Services (with the title of Doctor) by LUMSA University in Rome, Italy.[Repubblica Italiana, Laurea Magistrale, Libera Universita Maria Ss. Assunta (LUMSA), Programmazione e Gestione dei Servizi Educativi e Formativi, LM-50, No. Protocollo 2015-260 (28 Novembre 2016), Francesco Bonini, Rettore, Roma.]
He is the titular head of the Monastery of the Catholic Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in the Philippines[Republic of the Philippines, Securities and Exchange Commission, Certificate of Incorporation, Reg. No. CN201500832 (21 January 2015), Ferdinand B. Sales, Director, Company Registration and Monitoring Department, City of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila] and the Chiesa Cattolica Ortodossa della Santa Trinita in Italy.[Stato Italiano, Certificato di Attribuzione del Codice Fiscale, Agenzia delle Entrate, C.F. 92071390600 (23 Settembre 2014, Lisi Marta, Funzionario, Frosinone.]
Apostolic Succession
Apostle Andrew, Tradition sustains, established the Church in the See of Byzantium (later Constantinople and Istanbul), followed by a line of bishops and patriarchs.
[Alexander D. Beihammer, Maria G. Parani and Christopher D. Schabel, Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000-1500: Aspects of Cross-Cultural Communication (The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill, 2008), p.67.]
Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople
[Joachim III of Constantinople]
Metropolitans Chrysostom and Germanos[Cf. Michael Azkoul, The Lost Horizon: The Pursuit for Christian Unity (Xlibris Corp., 2017) on his discussion on the Nature of Ecumenism (Chapter II) and on The Church (Chapter III).]
Matthew of Bresthena[Vladimir Moss, "Bishop Auxentios -- GTOCS Trojan Horse" http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com (accessed December 27, 2017).]
Cyprian Koutsoumbas of Oropos and Fili
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Mets. Evloghios (Hessler) and Vigile
Metropolitan Basilio Grillo Miceli of Ravenna and L'Aquila
["Actualités des églises orthodoxes indépendantes." (http://ueofa-orthodoxie.over-blog.com/article-5755322.html). Basing from Metropolitan Basilio Grillo Miceli's apostolic ordination (not his positional succession), the lineage is as follows: Apostle Andrew, line of Bishops and Patriarchs of Constantinople, St. Vladimir Bogojavlensky of Moscow, Anthony Khrapovitsky, Anastassy Gribanovsky of Kishinev, Leonty Filippovich of Chile, Auventios of Athens, Primate Tiago of Coimbra, Met. Evloghios (Hessler) and Vigile, Basilio Grillo Miceli, Mons. Chrysostomos of Sicily, Mons. Allan (Irenaeus) of Frosinone. Cf. (Basilio Grillo Miceli) (accessed December 27, 2017).]
Monsignor Chrysostomos of Sicily and
Monsignor Dionysios of Rome
[Chiesa Ortodossa Bizantina, Esarcato di Roma, Bolla di Ordinazione Episcopale, Patriarca Sua Santita +++Basilio II (3 Febbraio 2013), Monsignor Dionysios, Vescovo di Roma; Monsignor Chrysostomos of Eglise Orthodoxe D'Europe.]
Monsignor Allan (Irenaeus) Amoguis of Frosinone
Publications
Amoguis, Allan H.
The Economics of Education and the Future of Societies. Frosinone: Savvy Publishing Company, 2017. .
Amoguis, Allan H.
The Role of Montessori in Educating Children of this Generation and Beyond. Frosinone: Savvy Publishing Company, 2016. .
Amoguis, Allan H.
The Death of Education. Frosinone: Savvy Publishing Company, 2015. .
Amoguis, Allan H.
Surviving in the Seminary. Frosinone: Savvy Publishing Company, 2008. .
Amoguis, Allan H.
English Grammar: A teaching guide for elementary and advanced learners of English. Frosinone: Savvy Publishing Company, 2006. .
