Bishop Socrates Buenaventura Villegas

Bishop of Balanga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Sep 1960		Born	Manila
5 Oct 1985	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Manila, Philippines
25 Jul 2001	40.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
25 Jul 2001	40.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nona
31 Aug 2001	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nona
3 May 2004	43.6	Appointed	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines
3 Jul 2004	43.8	Installed	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Balanga.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin †
Principal Consecrator:
Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Crisostomo A. Yalung
Bishop Jesse Eugenio Mercado

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Socrates Buenaventura Villegas (2001)
Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin † (1967)
Archbishop Antonio José Frondosa † (1952)
Archbishop José Maria Cuenco † (1942)
Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. † (1922)
Giovanni Cardinal Cagliero, S.D.B. † (1884)
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Nereo P. Odchimar
Bishop Roberto Calara Mallari
Bishop Francisco Mendoza de Leon

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