Leonard Legaspi

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name = Most Rev. Leonard Legaspi


religion = Catholic Church
See = Nueva Caceres
Title = Archbishop of Nueva Caceres
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date of birth = Birth date and age|1935|11|25|mf=y
place of birth = Meycauayan, Bulacan|

The Most Reverend Leonard Zamora Legaspi, D.D. (Born November 25, 1935) is the current Archbishop of Nueva Caceres which its suffragas include Daet, Legazpi, Libmanan , Masbate, Sorsogon, Virac.infobox bishopstyles
name=Leonard Legaspi
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Archbishop
deathstyle=not applicable |

Archbishop of Caceres

He became priest on the 17th of December 1960 with the order of Friars Preachers. In October 20 1983, Leonard Legaspi O.P. was appointed Archbishop of Nueva Caceres. He was also the first Filipino rector of the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary, the first Vicar of the Dominican Province of the Philippines and the first Filipino rector of The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas.

CBCP President

He elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines in July 1986 and re-elected for a second term in July 1989.

Political Position

see also: Philippine National Broadband Network controversy
Together with Archbishop Angel Lagdameo and Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, Archbishop Legaspi announced the CBCP stance regarding President Gloria Arroyo's Zte/Nbn Controversy.

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consecrated by=Bruno Torpigliani
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* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blegl.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.caceres-naga.org/?option=bishops&what=vitae&sub=bishop Archdiocese of Caceres]