Francisco Funaay Claver

Francisco Funaay Claver (20 January 1926 – 1 July 2010) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Malaybalay.

Quotes

• Social change, if it is to endure and take place on as wide a basis as possible, can only happen when the people who are the target of change participate in the process from start to finish, have a say in the setting of goals, in the decisions taken to accomplish those goals, in the action on the decisions. It is a common sense insight that social anthropologists make much of but which technocrats and governments in a hurry most often ignore.
  • The New Way of Being Church in Asia (16 September 1993) Union of Asian Catholic News

• If we can take care of our problems, then we don't need the bases and we won't even need the compensation.
  • Bishop Claver Cites Moral Concerns in U.s. Bases Debate (7 August 1991) Union of Asian Catholic News