Socrates Villegas
Sócrates B. Villegas | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Metropolitan Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Archbishop Socrates Villegas during the third day of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Double Jubilee Retreat at University of Santo Tomas (UST), circa 2024. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Province | Lingayen-Dagupan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| See | Lingayen-Dagupan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | September 8, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | November 4, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Oscar V. Cruz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other post(s) | Chairman, CBCP Episcopal Commission on Seminaries (2019–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Orders | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordination | October 5, 1985 by Jaime Sin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | August 31, 2001 by Jaime Sin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Sócrates Buenaventura Villegas September 28, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Archbishop, Priest | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Motto | Pax (Latin for 'Peace' – Psalm 46:9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spoken style | Your Excellency | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religious style | Archbishop | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sócrates "Soc" Buenaventura Villegas O.P. (born September 28, 1960) is a Filipino prelate, and a professed member of the Dominican Order. He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan since 2009, and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 2013 to 2017, previously serving as the vice president of the episcopal conference from 2011 to 2013.
A protégé of the late Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin, Villegas previously served as rector of EDSA Shrine from 1989 to 2004, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila from 2001 to 2004, and the third Bishop of Balanga in Bataan from 2004 to 2009, succeeding Honesto Ongtioco who served as first Bishop of Cubao in Quezon City from 2003 to 2024.