Edmundo Madarang Abaya

Edmundo Madarang Abaya (19 January 1929 – 20 September 2018) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Laoag and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

Quotes

 * Gambling makes the poor poorer. How can you uplift the condition of rural areas if the population there engages in gambling, betting whatever little they earn from their farms?
 * Priest, an Ex-gambler, Starts Fellowship (7 January 1990) Union of Asian Catholic News


 * Cults usually evolve from what people hear, whether true or not, about a person. You in the media are funny at times, you help create cults and when they emerge, you come back to ask how these cults evolved.
 * Media Fixes on Marcos Messiah Cult That Media Hype Created (28 September 1993) Union of Asian Catholic News