Complex sentence: The Pope appointed Most Rev. Deogracias S. Iñiguez, Bishop of Iba, Zambales, as the first Bishop of the diocese; he took possession of the diocese on August 22,2003.
Split into simpler sentences: The Pope appointed Most Rev. Deogracias S. Iñiguez, Bishop of Iba, Zambales, as the first Bishop of the diocese. He took possession of the diocese on August 22,2003.