My name is Father Darryl Santos Dino, CM. I am a Vincentian priest from the Congregation of the Mission. By way of introduction, I am originally from the Philippines and am the fourth of five children. I attended college at Adamson University and graduated in 2001, majoring in Chemical Engineering. Then, I worked in the pharmaceutical and petroleum industries.
Particularly influential in my priestly discernment was attending the World Youth Day Manila in 1995. At World Youth Day, Pope St. John Paul II encouraged all the youth to follow the ways of Christ, and to “be not afraid”. These words of our late Holy Father and his charism were a great encouragement to me and remained with me to this day.
Attending vocation seminars and spiritual directions gave me the final “push” to enter seminary in 2008 when I began my studies for the priesthood at Saint Vincent Seminary in Tandang Sora, Quezon City.
On March 19, 2016, the feast day of Saint Joseph, I was ordained a priest at Santuario de San Vicente de Paul Shrine.
My first parish assignment as a priest was at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish in Calumpang, Iloilo.
As a new priest, I help in the different ministries to live and share our beautiful Catholic faith.
After a year of parish ministry, the Vincentian Provincial of the Philippine Province sent me for a foreign mission here in Yokohama, Japan. I first stayed at Sueyoshicho Catholic Church for two years while studying the Japanese language. March 2020, I am blessed to have been assigned as the Assistant Pastor of the Sacred Heart Cathedral.
I sincerely ask for your prayers and your patience with me as I do my best to serve you as your priest and pastor.
In St. Vincent de Paul,
Fr. Darryl Santos Dino, CM