Vicente Samaniego
Vicente Samaniego | |
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| NSA member | Philippines 1964 - 1968 |
| Counsellor | Northeast Asia 1968 - 1980 Asia 1980 - 2000 |
Vicente Samaniego is a Filipino Bahá’í who served as a Continental Counselor for many years.
Biography[edit]
In the early 1960's Samaniego served as a member of teaching teams which visited the interior of the Philippine Islands to share principles of the Bahá’í Faith.[1] In April 1963 he spoke about his experiences teaching at the First Bahá’í World Congress in London, England, and in 1964 he was elected to the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Philippines as chairman.[2]
In 1968 Samaniego was appointed an inaugural Counsellor for Northeast Asia,[3] and in 1971 he visited Hong Kong with fellow Counsellor Yankee Leong to assist in a forty day teaching campaign.[4] In 1972 three Persian Bahá’í students were martyred in the Philippines. Samaniego collaborated with the National Assembly of the country immediately after receiving the news to ensure there was support from the authorities and organized a memorial which was attended by many students and University officials.[5]
In 1975 Samaniego was a member of a Bahá’í delegation to the First Asian Ecumenical Congress, delivering a talk fielding questions from other delegates, and he was elected to the Asian Inter-Faith Council formed at the Congress.[6] In 1978 he attended a teaching conference in Nueva Vizcaya Province in the Philippines at which deepening sessions on Five Year Plan goals were held.[7]
In 1980 the Continental Boards for Asia were merged into one single body and Samaniego was appointed to the new Board for a five year term and in January 1981 attended its inaugural meeting in New Delhi, India.[8] He was reappointed in 1985 and later that year he attended the Taiwan National Convention.[9] In 1986 he attended the inauguration of the New Delhi House of Worship, speaking on the progress of the Faith in Asia at a program held in Indira Gandhi Stadium.[10]
In 1990 he was reappointed for another five year term as Counsellor and that year helped conduct a seminar on Bahá’í radio programming in the Philippines.[11] He was reappointed for his final term as Counsellor in 1995, and in 1998 represented the Universal House of Justice at the formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Sabah,[12] completing his service in the role in 2000.
In 2004 he participated in the Philippines Bahá’í National Arts Festival held in Baguio City.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1962). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 371, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1964). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 401, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (August 1968). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 449, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 490, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 500, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 541, Pg(s) 21. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1978). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 567, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 603, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 654, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1987). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 671, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1990). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 710, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 57. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/355/
