Valles out, David is new CBCP president

DAVAO CITY – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines or CBCP has elected a new president - Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan - replacing Archbishop Romulo Valles, a close friend and supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, who served two terms since in 2017. 

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan is new CBCP President. (Photo by Ryan Rezo, Diocese of Kalookan)

The 62-year old David, one of the country’s leading Bible scholars, served as CBCP vice president since December 2017. He was ordained in 1983 and appointed auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of San Fernando which he held on for 14 years until he was transferred to the Kalookan diocese two years later.

He previously chaired the Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate and was also among the 5 Filipino bishop delegates to the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in the Vatican in 2008.

In 2019, the Ateneo de Manila University conferred its “Bukas Palad Award” on David for his service to the poor and “for his courage in speaking out against the evil of injustice and violence.”

David is also joined by Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara of Pasig who was elected as the new CBCP vice president. Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Manila in 1990, Vergara was appointed bishop of San Jose in Nueva Ecija in 2005 and named as the bishop of Pasig in 2011.

Vergara, 58, is currently a member of the CBCP Permanent Council and formerly chaired the Episcopal Commission on Social Communications. The newly elected officials will begin their terms on December 1.

The CBCP officials have two-year tenure in office, or a total of four to include the second term. The CBCP meets in plenary session twice each year - in January and July - and its works are carried out by a number of commissions and committees. (Mindanao Examiner, CBCP)

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