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Home NAFP-USA Voice of Fil-America Rev. Melvin Avilla, CRM - Clerics Regular Minor of the Adorno Fathers in Ramsey, New Jersey

Rev. Melvin Avilla, CRM - Clerics Regular Minor of the Adorno Fathers in Ramsey, New Jersey

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BORN and raised in the Philippines, Fr. Melvin Avilla entered Christ the King Seminary in Quezon City where he graduated in 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy. He then went to Seton Hall University in New Jersey where he earned his Master of Divinity.

Fr. Melvin was ordained in 2008 under the religious order of the Adorno Fathers where he is a Clerics Regular Minor. His area of Ministerial Training and Experience is in the fields of Seminary Formation. He is presently working in the Diocese/Archdiocese of Newark New Jersey.

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