Angel Lagdameo

infobox bishopbiog
name = Most Rev. Angel Lagdameo


religion = Catholic Church
See = Archdiocese of Jaro
Title = Archbishop of Jaro
Period = 2000 - Present
Predecessor =
Successor = Incumbent
ordination = December 19, 1964
bishops = August 12, 1980
post = President CBCP
date of birth = Birth date and age|1940|8|02|mf=y
place of birth = Lucban, Quezon|

The Most Reverend Angel N. Lagdameo, D.D. (Born August 2, 1940) is the current president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and the Archbishop of Jaro in Iloilo.cite web | url=http://www.cbcponline.net/bishops/archbishops/lagdameo.html | title=Most Rev. Angel N. Lagdameo | publisher=Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines | accessdate=2008-01-22]

infobox bishopstyles
name=Angel Lagdameo
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Archbishop
deathstyle=not applicable |

He was born in Lucban (a town in the Province of Quezon) in 1940. He attended the San Jose Seminary, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a degree in Philosophy in 1954, and a degree in theology in 1965. On December 19, 1964, Lagdameo was ordained as priest in Lucena City.

On August 12, 1980, Father Lagdameo was ordained in Lucena Cathedral as the titular bishop of Oreto. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Cebu from 1980–1986. In 1986, he was appointed the coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Dumaguete, and succeeded to that see in 1989. He became the Archbishop of Jaro in 2000,cite web | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blagdameo.html | title=Archbishop Angel N. Lagdameo | publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org | accessdate=2008-01-22 ] before being elected as the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines in 2005.

Political Stance

2008 NBN ZTE Crisis

see also: Philippine National Broadband Network controversy
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, due to the Filipino people's clamor for a united political stance, called an emergency meeting on the 25th of Ferbruary 2008. Under his CBCP presidency, Archbishop Leonard Legaspi of Caceres announced the Bishops' statement: "They refused to call for her resignation saying they wanted her, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to be part of the moral reform process.

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date of consecration=August 12, 1980
consecrated by=Bruno Torpigliani
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bishop 1=Bishop Leopoldo Sumaylo Tumulak
consecration date 1=16 Mar 1987
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bishop 2=Bishop Antonio Racelis Rañola
consecration date 2=4 Apr 1990
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bishop 3=Bishop Jose F. Advincula
consecration date 3=8 Sep 2001
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bishop 4=Bishop Jose Romeo Orquejo Lazo
consecration date 4=29 Dec 2003
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bishop 5=Bishop Emmanuel Celeste Trance
consecration date 5=22 Jul 2004
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bishop 6=Bishop José Colin Mendoza Bagaforo
consecration date 6=25 Apr 2006
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bishop 7=Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David
consecration date 7=10 Jul 2006
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