Mindoro missionary, teacher Fr. Edgar Javier dies at 77

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Divine Word missionary and scholar Fr. Edgar Javier, SVD, who served the Church for five decades, mostly in Mindoro, had passed away on Tuesday (Sept. 8). He was 77. Javier died at around 10 a.m., according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News.  READ: Diocese of Calapan