Career
He is best known for urging a boycott of a Madonna concert. He was ordained a priest on December 21, 1969. Argüelles served as rector of San Carlos Seminary from 1982 to 1986.
On November 26, 1993, Pope John Paul II elevated him to the office of bishop, and appointed him Titular Bishop of Roscrea.
He was auxiliary bishop of Manila. Afterwards, he took the administration of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines.
In 2004, he was named Archbishop of Lipa succeeding Gaudencio Rosales, who became Archbishop of Manila in 2003.
