It is also notable that among the 36 seminarians who were expelled from the seminary, four of them came from the Prelature of Ipil, in the western section of Mindanao Island who were sent by then Ipil Bishop Federico Escaler, SJ,who is now retired and residing in Manila.
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Right after the expulsion, the then Ipil Bishop Escaler invited his seminarians to go back to the seminary life at Pastor Bonos Seminary in Zamboanga City,also of Western Mindanao.
Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, a 1st class municipality in Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines
campus = Baliwasan, San Ramon, Tungawan, Ipil, Siay, Imelda, Malangas, Diplahan, Alicia, Mabuhay, Olutanga, Labason, Pagadian
In the lowland forest, large trees such as the Dao (Dracontomelon dao), Ipil (Intsia bijuga), Dita (Alstonia scholaris), Amugis (Koordersiodendrum pinnatum), and Apitong (Dipterocarpus gracilis) are common.