Asian News Filipino Oblate priest Eliseo Mercado Jr., missionary and peace advocate, dies Oblate priest Eliseo “Jun” Mercado Jr., known for his peace advocacy especially in the southern Philippines, succumbed to complications from COVID-19 in Cotabato City Sunday, May 23. He was 72.
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