Socrates Villegas
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| The Most Reverend Socrates B. Villegas D.D. |
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| Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan | |
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| Province | Lingayen-Dagupan |
| See | Lingayen-Dagupan |
| Installed | November 4, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Oscar V. Cruz |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Other posts | Bishop of Balanga President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Auxiliary Bishop of Manila |
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| Ordination | October 5, 1985 |
| Consecration | August 31, 2001 |
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| Birth name | Socrates Villegas |
| Born | September 28, 1960 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Motto | "PAX(Peace)" |
| Coat of arms | Socrates B. Villegas's coat of arms |
Socrates Buenaventura Villegas, D.D. (born September 28, 1960),[1] is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, and from 2013, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
Biography
Socrates B. Villegas is the youngest of the three children of Norma Jacinta Buenaventura and the late Emiliano Villegas. He attended primary education in Pateros, Metro Manila, his hometown, and finished secondary education at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila. He studied for the priesthood and received his degree of Master of Arts in Theological Studies at San Carlos Seminary in Guadalupe, Makati City. Ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Jaime Sin on October 5, 1985 at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Manila, he served as personal secretary of the Archbishop from his ordination until 2004. While keeping this post, he also served as rector of the EDSA Shrine and Vicar general of the archdiocese.
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Manila on July 25, 2001. He was consecrated by Jaime Cardinal Sin on August 31, 2001.
He was installed as the third Bishop of Balanga[1] on July 3, 2004 and convoked the First Diocesan Synod in 2006. He also founded the St. Joseph's College of Balanga.
On September 8, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan.[2]
Activity
Archbishop Villegas is currently the Chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines and President of the Asia-Oceania Mariological Society.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him member of the Presidential Committee of the Pontifical Council for the Family on September 30, 2009.
He has written and published six books of homilies and spiritual reflections. He was awarded the 1994 Catholic Authors’ Award and the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines in the year 2000. The Bataan Peninsula State University bestowed on him the Degree of Doctor of Humanities honoris causa in recognition and appreciation of his work for the province of Bataan.
He is a member of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS), the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Tenth World Youth Day held in Manila in 1995 and the Fourth World Meeting of Families in 2002.
In August 2005 Villegas told Fillipino Catholics that they "cannot participate in any way or even attend religious or legal ceremonies that celebrate and legitimize homosexual unions".[3]
Coat of arms
| Styles of Socrates Villegas |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
The two sides of the coat of arms are divided by a TAU cross in the middle. The right side is the personal seal of the Archbishop. The left side is the seal of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
References
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| Preceded by
Honesto F. Ongtioco
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Bishop of Balanga 2004–2009 |
Succeeded by Ruperto Cruz Santos |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan 2009–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | CBCP President 2013–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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