Fr. Dinter, Mangyan missionary, dies at 88

Fr. Dinter, Mangyan missionary, dies at 88

CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro — Fr. Ewald Dinter, SVD, 88, passed away at 9:07 p.m. Friday, November 14, at UST Hospital in Manila, said Fr.  Anthony Ibarra Banawa Fabella, SVD, in his social media post. According to the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) — Philippines, he is from Germany, in Steinwitz, Wroclaw, born on October 16, 1937. He made his religious vows in 1961, and was ordained in 1965. READ: German priest is new SVD superior general His first …

Church leaders pay tribute to Mangyan missionary Fr. Ewald Dinter

Fr. Ewald Dinter, SVD, a longtime missionary to the Mangyan people in Oriental Mindoro, died Friday, Nov. 14. PHOTO COURTESY OF FR. EDWIN GARIGUEZ By CBCP News November 15, 2025 Manila, Philippines The country’s Catholic bishops paid tribute to Fr. Ewald Dinter, a German missionary known …