Romeo Intengan was incarcerated and made his way to Europe to live in exile during the Marcos regime.
37 Facts About Romeo Intengan
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In 2000, Intengan took a stand against former President Joseph E Estrada.
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Romeo Intengan signed the impeachment complaint against the former president, and after a series of peaceful demonstrations culminating with the second People Power revolution, the former president was removed from office.
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Romeo Joscon Intengan was born on 18 October 1942 in Cauayan, Negros Occidental.
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Romeo Intengan was the eldest child of Colonel Romeo Artiaga Intengan Sr.
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Romeo Intengan has five siblings: Roberto, Alicia Agnes, Glicerio, Trinidad and Alexa.
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Romeo Intengan received his education at Colegio de San Agustin in Iloilo City, St John's Academy in San Juan, Metro Manila and Lincoln College in Iloilo City.
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In 1960, Romeo Intengan moved to Manila and enrolled in the Medicine program at the University of the Philippines-Manila, Padre Faura St, Manila, and finished his studies in 1965.
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In 1969, near the end of his training as a surgical resident, Dr Romeo Intengan became aware of the emerging social crisis caused by the failure of the Marcos administration in addressing issues related to national economic development, unemployment, poverty, and corruption.
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Romeo Intengan saw these problems first-hand due to his active involvement in providing healthcare to the urban poor settlements around Metro Manila.
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Romeo Intengan began to participate in discussions to address the situation and eventually joined became an activist.
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Romeo Intengan helped found an alternative activist alliance that eventually took up social democracy as its societal model.
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Romeo Intengan headed the Kilusan ng mga Anak ng Kalayaan which in 1970 merged with Hasik Kalayaan which was headed by Norberto Gonzales.
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Romeo Intengan headed the Education Commission in the Philippine Democratic Socialist Party.
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Romeo Intengan decided to join the Society of Jesus and entered the Sacred Heart Novitiate on 25 July 1970 alongside his novice-brother Roberto Villamero.
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Romeo Intengan made his first vows as a Jesuit on 31 July 1972.
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Romeo Intengan assisted in the campaign for a nonpartisan and reformist Constitutional Convention.
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Romeo Intengan stood with the other leaders of the PDSP and led the party to oppose the Marcos dictatorship in May 1973.
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Meanwhile, Romeo Intengan was teaching theology as an instructor at the Theology Department of the College of Arts and Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila University.
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Romeo Intengan disregarded the promise he made under duress as the PDSP was in disarray from the Marcos regime's manhunt and detention of its members.
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Romeo Intengan stated that her aim was to give the students a correct understanding of Philippine reality.
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Romeo Intengan illustrated her point by using Iran as an example, in which the militantly powerful regime of the Shah of Iran was overthrown by a popular revolution led by Islamic teachers, with Ayatullah Ruhullah Khomeini at the forefront.
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Romeo Intengan pointed out that the social ills to which some Jesuits and their friends were responding were real and not imagined.
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On 10 October 1978, Romeo Intengan left Manila for Zamboanga and then for Jolo.
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Romeo Intengan was accompanied by members of the Kiram family, one of whom held the title of Sultan of Sulu, and by MNLF sympathizers.
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In December 1978, accompanied by two PDSP cadres including the Chairman Norberto B Gonzales, and escorted by two MNLF intelligence operatives, Intengan crossed over to the island of Sabah.
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Romeo Intengan was carrying PDSP's Batayang Kurso which Intengan developed for the PDSP.
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Chairman Gonzales and Romeo Intengan were provided with Philippine passports by their underground connections and made their way to Hong Kong.
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Romeo Intengan travelled to the General Curia in Rome, then to Madrid, Spain in August 1982.
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Romeo Intengan worked in creating a forum to discuss justice, understanding, reconciliation, and peace between Christians and Muslims.
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Up until he left Philippine Jesuit Provincial on 12 June 2004, Romeo Intengan worked to promote the internal renewal and the apostolic mission of the Philippine Province.
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Romeo Intengan worked to renew the formation program of the Philippine Jesuits; new guidelines which were approved by the General in 2004.
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In September 2002, Romeo Intengan was awarded the Chino Roces Freedom award for dedicating his life in fighting for freedom, human rights, social justice, living a mission of life, faith and social reform.
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Romeo Intengan taught moral theology at Loyola School of Theology and served as Vice-Superior of the Theologians' Subcommunity of the Loyola House of Studies.
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In 2017, Romeo Intengan was a member of the Philippine Council on Foreign Relations and the National Security Cluster, as part of a joint effort to promote a comprehensive national security framework for the country.
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On October 10,2017, Romeo Intengan suffered a fatal cardiac arrest as he was being transported from the Jesuit Residence to the Quirino Medical Center in Quezon City.
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Romeo Intengan's remains lies at the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Quezon City, with his fellow Jesuit confreres.