Congratulations to the new archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan in the person of His Excellency Socrates “Soc” Villegas. Fondly known as Bishop Soc (Now Archbishop Soc), he is the youngest to hold the title in the country. He was the secretary of the late Jaime Cardinal Sin who played a pivotal role in the downfall of the dictatorship. The Cardinal, it is remembered, appealed to the people at Radio Veritas in February 1986 to go out to the streets and support Sec. Juan Ponce Enrile and Gen. Fidel Ramos. That was the start of the famous Filipino People’s Power Revolution or EDSA-1.Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Villegas to replace Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz, a stern critic of the Arroyo regime, who retired recently.
Archbishop Soc is a great loss of the Diocese of Balanga and the whole of Bataan but a great gift to the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.
Ad multos annos et fiat.-30-
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