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Soc Villegas

BASIC INFO

Popular Name: Bishop Soc Villegas
Birth Name: Socrates Buenaventura Villegas
Birth Date: September 28, 1960

EDUCATION

Post Graduate: San Carlos School of Theology
   - MA in Theological Studies (1994)
Post Graduate: San Carlos Major Seminary
   - Theology (1981-1985)
Tertiary: San Carlos Major Seminary
   - AB Philosphy (1977-1981)
High School: Colegio de San Juan de Letra
Elementary: Pateros Elementary School

DISTINCTIONS

Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (2000)
Catholic Authors’ Award (1994)

RELIGIOUS HIGHLIGHTS

Denomination: Catholic Church
Sacerdotal Ordination: October 5, 1985
Episcopal Ordination: August 31, 2001

- Appointed Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan (2009)
- Installed as Bishop of Balanga (2004)
- Private Secretary to the Archbishop of Manila (1985-2004)
- Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manila (2001)
- Appointed District Head of the Ecclesiastical District of Quezon City-South (2000)
- Minister of the Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of Manila (1997)
– Episcopal Vicar of the Mission Society of the Philippines (1997)
- Assistant Pro-Episcopal Vicar of the Ecclesiastical District of Manila (1996)
- Chief Executive Officer of the 10th World Youth Day (1995)
- Chairman of the Ministry for Priestly Formation of the Archdiocese of Manila (1994)
- Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Manila (1993)
- Member of the College of Consultors-Archdiocese of Manila (1992)
- Papal Chaplain of his Holiness Pope John Paul II (1991)
- Appointed concurrent Rector of Our Lady of Peace Shrine (1989)