Education
Claver completed a master"s degree in Anthropology in the Ateneo de Manila and finished his doctorate in the University of Colorado.
bishop priest theologian university professor
Claver completed a master"s degree in Anthropology in the Ateneo de Manila and finished his doctorate in the University of Colorado.
Ordained to the priesthood on 18 June 1961, he was appointed as the bishop of what is now the Malaybalay Diocese on 18 June 1969 and was consecrated on 22 August 1969. Claver resigned in 1984, but was appointed Apostolic Vicar of the inchoate Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines retiring on 15 April 2004. His ecclesiology emphasizes the importance of a participatory Church that is necessary in carrying out the aggiornamento called for by the Second Vatican Council.
Foreign him, the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) or the Basic Christian Communities (BCCs) are the primary and particular embodiment and vehicles of participation and Church renewal.
