Career
He was ordained to the priesthood on December 8, 1972 at the province"s Cathedral of the Assumption and was ordained bishop in the same church on June 18, 1998. He was invested as honorary prelate in March 21, 1992.
On April 8, 1998 he was appointed second diocesan bishop of Balanga, Bataan province by Pope John Paul World War II He was appointed the first bishop of Cubao on June 28, 2003 and was installed on August
28 of the same year.
He attended elementary at the Saint Scholastica"s Academy (1954-1958) and Don Bosco Academy (1958-1960). He studied high school still at Don Bosco Academy (1960-1964).
He had seminary training at San Jose Seminary in Quezon City (1964-1967). He took up philosophy at the Jesuits" Ateneo de Manila University in the same city (1967-1969) and theology at the Loyola School of Theology (1969-1973) in the university compound.